With Guest Artist, U. of Michigan Music Professor and Bass Baritone, Daniel Washington and Colours of Music Founder, Lee Pringle
George Walker meets renowned Choral Director, Arranger, Roland Carter
George Walker and Roland Carter
With Colours of Music Festival VIP donors
George Walker meets U. of Michigan's Daniel Washington with Lee Pringle, Colours of Music Founder looking on
GEORGE WALKER'S FIRST NEW YORK RECITAL 1946, from the Archive of Bill Doggett Productions given as GIFT to George Walker on his 95th birthday
Bill Doggett writes:
Dear Friends:
It is with sadness that I share the
News of the passing of our friend, George Walker, the Dean of African
American Composers on Thursday, August 23rd at his home in
Montclair, New Jersey at age 96.
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NPR did a very nice piece on him here
George and I met in October 2013 at the inaugural Festival of The Colours of Music in Charleston, North Carolina.
Since
then we became friends and corresponded regarding opportunities for his
music to be performed by The Los Angeles Philharmonic and other leading
orchestras. For his 95th birthday, I gifted him a Town Hall program
from 1946 that had a large display ad announcing his Premiere recital as
a Classical pianist. I will never forget his astonishment at my gift [image above]
Rest in Peace, beloved Dean of African American Composers
The photos above were taken by me at the October 2013 Colours of Music Festival. Photo Credit: Bill Doggett/Bill Doggett Productions
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