Friday, January 18, 2019

WRTI: Pianist Clipper Erickson Plays Works by Nathaniel Dett Live Jan. 21, 12:10 PM

Composer and pianist R. Nathaniel Dett was the first African-American to graduate from the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory in 1908.
(Library of Congress, Music Division)

WRTI

By Kevin Gordon

January 17, 2019

Described by The Washington Post as a pianist with "power, precison, and romantic abandon," Clipper Erickson will be our guest on Monday, January 21st at 12:10 PM playing works by R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), an African-Canadian/American composer whose music may be new to you. WRTI's Kevin Gordon is host.

On Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, listen to the LIVE broadcast on WRTI 90.1 or watch the performance on WRTI's Facebook page.

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