William Grant Still (1895-1978)
(Carl Van Vechten)
February 21, 2021
The woodwind quintet WindSync will be featured in a free virtual concert
at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, presented by Chamber Music Tulsa.
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The ensemble — Garrett Hudson, flute;
Emily Tsai, oboe; Julian Hernandez, clarinet; Anni Hochhalter, horn; and
Kara LaMoure, bassoon — launched its career by winning two of the most
prestigious competitions in chamber music: the Concert Artists Guild
Victor Elmaleh Competition in 2012 and the 2016 Fischoff National
Chamber Music Competition.
In
2018, they were medalists at the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, the
same year they appeared as part of the OKM Music festival in
Bartlesville.
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For more information, and to access the concert: chambermusictulsa.org.
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The concert, which was recorded Feb. 6,
will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
28, on KWTU (88.7 FM), part of Public Radio Tulsa. Resident guest
conductor Daniel Hege will conduct the orchestra.
The
program will feature the Serenade for Orchestra by William Grant Still,
who in 1931 became the first Black American composer to have a symphony
performed by a major American orchestra (his Symphony No. 1,
“Afro-American Symphony” by the Rochester, N.Y., Philharmonic).
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