William Grant Still (1895-1978)
June 10, 2019
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO), the region's newest professional
orchestra, presents its second annual Summer Celebration: America and
the Nords, an afternoon of music fit for a Cape Cod summer, on Sunday,
July 28, 3 pm, at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 533 Main Street, Rt. 28, Harwich Port. The orchestra is conducted by Music Director Matthew Scinto, featuring clarinetist David Dziardziel. A pre-concert talk featuring Conductor Scinto will be held at 2:15 pm.
CCCO's second annual Summer Celebration
offers a program featuring the regional performance premiere of a work
by American composer William Grant Still. In 1931, Still became the
first African American composer to have a symphony debuted by a major
American orchestra. Success continued for the composer in 1936 when he became the first African American to conduct a major orchestra, leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
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This summer's concert extends CCCO's celebration of its first full year
with the Cape Cod debut of Serenade for Orchestra by William Grant
Still. With the performance of this piece, CCCO continues its mission to
provide the Cape with concerts featuring works by composers who have
traditionally been under-represented in concert. "When I discovered the
music of William Grant Still, I knew immediately that we needed to
perform his music," shares Scinto. "The listener's heart and soul are
captured from the first few notes of this Serenade."
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