Dr. Cynthia Cozette Lee
(PHILADELPHIA, PA-JUNE 12, 2020): “5
Questions with a Musician” is an exciting new
blog created by Missy Curl, soprano, music writer and teacher. The blog this
week features an interview with Dr. Cynthia Cozette Lee, a distinguished Black
American contemporary classical music composer. The award-winning composer
shares her life story about how she became a professional composer after growing
up in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with a rich classical music experience.
The award winning composer also discusses
her music influences being the music of R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still,
Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti and the obstacles she faces as a contemporary African American
classical musician. The composer mentions during the interview:
We need American student
composers not giving up on writing the stories of our Black experience in
classical art forms. If Marian Anderson or Paul Robeson or composers Julia
Perry or William Grant Still had given up then there would be no Cynthia
Cozette Lee, the first Black person to graduate from the University of
Pennsylvania with a Master of Arts degree in music composition.
You can access the blog and read the
complete interview with Dr. Lee by following one of the links below:
For more information contact the
composer, Cynthia Cozette Lee, at Email: CynLee215@yahoo.com
Or contact the blog creator, Missy Curl at Facebook: 5 Questions with a Musician
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