American Black Women In
The Arts And Social Sciences
The Arts And Social Sciences
Ora Williams
The Music of Black Americans
Eileen Southern
Blacks In Classical MusicCompiled by
John Gray
Blacks In Classical Music
Raoul Abdul
John Malveaux of
writes:
Founding of the Long Beach Central Area Association (LBCAA)
as charitable 501(c)(3) unincorporated neighborhood association in the Central
Area-Sixth District of Long Beach- was spearheaded by City of Long Beach Sixth
District council member Clarence Smith in 1987 principally to co-sponsor, with
the City of Long Beach, the Long Beach Martin Luther King Jr. Parade &
Celebration. I was elected President of LBCAA in 1997. LBCAA continued to serve as co-sponsor
of Long Beach Martin Luther King Jr. Parade & Celebration for 19
consecutive years (1988-2007). LBCAA also served as co-sponsor, with City
of Long Beach, of the annual Juneteenth Celebration from 2006 thru 2009. In 2007, the
LBCAA board decided to extend programming beyond the Central Area of Long Beach-
Sixth District and established MusicUNTOLD as the event
production arm of LBCAA with purpose of presenting arts and educational
programs that promote diversity and human dignity. The board is seeking
to
retain the historical name and record of achievement, but avoid
presenting programs in other council
districts and cities with a name specific to the Sixth district of Long
Beach. The
LBCAA was incorporated as a charitable 501(c)(3) California Corporation
in 2010.
Approximatley 1962, as a student, I attend a lecture and recital presented by Dr. Ora Williams, CSU-Long
Beach professor, of art songs and arias by Black composers. Sometime
thereafter, I started going to the
library to learn more about classical music from Ora Williams, Eileen
Southern, John Gray, Raoul
Abdul, and numerous others. However, I was captured by so-called "Black
Music" and in 1965 started booking and promoting concerts of so-called
"Black Music" artists. My interest and research in classical music was
greatly heightened
after befriending Roy Harris, composer laureate of California, in 1977. I
subsequently befriended composers Ulysses Kay, George Walker and William
Dawson
to learn more and begin a gradual journey to heighten awareness of
neglected classical
composers. Please note I used NEGLECTED classical composers and not
BLACK Composers
because Roy Harris was not of African descent. See attachments.
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