The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price
Includes Six Bonus Features: Complete performances of newly discovered songs and chamber music by Florence Price
The DVD can be purchased from the University of Arkansas for $19.95 at this URL: http://www.uapress.com/dd-product/the-caged-bird/
Florence Beatrice Smith Price (1887-1953) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works Lists by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
University of Arkansas
March 16, 2016
A documentary film featuring
University of Arkansas music students and professors as well as UA
historians and journalists has been broadcast on 186 PBS affiliate
stations over the past two months. On March 28 and 29 it will be
broadcast nationally on PBS World channel. The Caged Bird: the Life and Music of Florence B. Price
tells the inspiring story of the first African-American woman to have
her music performed by a major symphony orchestra. Price was born in
Little Rock in 1887 and in 1933 her Symphony was premiered by the world
famous Chicago Symphony at the Chicago World's Fair.
This recent documentary features music students and faculty,
including Robert Mueller and Er-Gene Kahng, performing Price's lovely
music. At other points in the film commentary by UA history professor
Calvin White, and music professor emerita Barbara Jackson contribute to
the narrative of Price's achievements. The film was written and produced
by music professor emeritus James Greeson, along with Dale Carpenter,
professor of journalism as the associate producer. The film was
supported by grants from the Arkansas Humanities Council. Vital elements
of the documentary were provided by the UA Special Collections
department which holds the most significant collection of Florence Price
musical scores and documents in the world.
In addition to being broadcast on PBS affiliates across the country
the film has also been accepted at a number of film festivals, including
the Los Angeles International Women's Film Festival, the San Diego
Black Film Festival, the Classical Arts Festival in Napa, California,
and it has been shown in St. Louis, Philadelphia, Barbados and Trinidad
as part of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival.
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