[Helena
Brown]
Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
is
profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works
List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma,
http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
Price was an African American composer, arranger and teacher. A
prolific composer and arranger of songs and spirituals, she is
perhaps best remembered as the first
African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major
orchestra.
Two
songs by Florence Price: Helena Brown, mezzo soprano; Cara Modisett,
piano (4:39)
Published
on Jun 18, 2012 by CaraEllenModisett
"Night"
and "Song to the Dark Virgin," from a May 2012 concert of
music written and inspired by African-American composers, at St.
Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Roanoke, Va. The performance benefited
the Nsumensa Village Project in West Africa, founded by Hollins
University alumna Heather Bowden.
A native to the New York
tri-state area, mezzo-soprano Helena Brown will be a proud alumna of
Hollins University in just three days. In the coming year, Helena
will be attending the Manhattan School of Music in pursuit of a
masters of music in classical voice. Helena has begun to distinguish
herself as a versatile performer of opera, art song and contemporary
projects in venues throughout the eastern U.S. and Europe. She has
sung as a young artist with the Opera Studio of Richard Crittenden in
Boston and Lied Austria International under the tutelage of renowned
German literature professor Wolfgang Lockemann. Staying close to what
she regards as her southern home away from home, Helena has performed
in recital and concert programs throughout Roanoke, Va.
Most
recently, Helena was invited to perform the title role of the new
folk opera "Miss Lucy" in its world premiere alongside San
Francisco Opera tenor Ben Bongers. Her charismatic performance led to
another invitation by Hollins theater director Ernest Zulia to
perform a leading role as soloist in the world-premiere production of
"Bellocq's Ophelia," based on the book by Natasha
Trethewey.
Equally at home in theater productions, Helena
has performed other leading and supporting roles for the Hollins
stage, and directed a 10 Minute Play. Most notably, she founded and
directed a new performance showcase, "Soul Anthem," with
Yasmeen Boiragee, in an effort to display the many facets of
African-American culture through student work.
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