[ABOVE: Scott Joplin BELOW: Africa:
Piano Music of William Grant Still;
Denver Oldham, piano; Koch International Classics 3-7084-2H1]
The Calico Winds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn)
presented a program of American Music saluting the creation of the
United States Constitution on July 21, 2012 at Los Angeles Central
Library, Mark Taper Auditorium. The program included three movements
of FOLK SUITE No. 4 by William Grant Still, arr. Adam Lesnick and
MAPLE LEAF RAG by Scott Joplin, arr. Arthur Frackenpohl.
The quintet's musicians perform with the
Los
Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood
Bowl Orchestra, Fresno Philharmonic, Long Beach Symphony and the
Pasadena Symphony. Program is free and sponsored by California Reads.
[Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917) and William
Grant Still (1895-1978) are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which
features a comprehensive Works List for William Grant Still by Prof. Dominique-René de
Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]
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