[Deep
River: Music for Violin and Piano by Composers of African Descent;
Merwin Siu, violin; Phoenix Park-Kim, piano; MSR Classics MS 1372
(2011)]
Pianist Phoenix Park-Kim accepted an invitation to perform during 50th
Anniversary MARCH on Washington/Dr. MLK’s I HAVE A DREAM speech Sunday,
August 18, 2013, AT&T Center Theater/Auditorium (downtown Los
Angeles). KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM, www.KUSC.org
is media sponsor. Dr. Park-Kim dedicated more than five years
researching the music for her CD ‘DEEP RIVER Music for Piano and Violin
by Composers of African Descent’. She emailed me:
Dr. Phoenix Park-Kim: “I
have always been interested in discovering classical music by African
American composers since grad school and wanted to let the world know it
is not just jazz, blues, and pop music that they excel in. I have
presented a lecture recital on this very topic at a few different
conferences. We have not given enough attention to the classical music
that embodies the unique African American ethnic musical heritage in the
classical musical idiom. I think when these rhythmic, harmonic
elements are incorporated in classical works as an art form, they
display a confidence and expertise with European traditional classical
forms and techniques as well as unique Jazz, Blues, Spiritual idioms,
which let these works transcend both the European and African American
origins. The landscape of American music would not be complete without
giving credit to their contributions.” See http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/phoenixparkkim
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