BroadwayWorld.com: McKee Signatures on YouTube: "the series returns to celebrate a century of contributions by African-American women pianists and composers"

 On Nov. 11, "Karen Walwyn will explore the work of  Florence Price" 

Broadway World

Los Angeles

by Chloe Rabinowitz Oct. 22, 2021

Today, Nicholas Pavkovic, Executive Director of the Ross McKee Foundation, announced the upcoming season of McKee Signatures, including Piano Break and Piano Talks.

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Streaming on the Ross McKee Foundation YouTube channel, the series returns to celebrate a century of contributions by African-American women pianists and composers, with performances and discussions by pianists Tammy L. Hall (November 4), Karen Walwyn (November 11), and Paul Cornish (November 18).

On Thursday, November 4, 2021, Tammy L. Hall gives a talk about Convergence, a jazz concert and dramatization created and conceived by Hall herself. Featured at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival in 2021, Convergence presents an imagined musical conversation between legends Nina Simone, Mary Lou Williams, Dorothy Donegan and Hazel Scott. The following Thursday, November 11, concert pianist and composer Karen Walwyn will explore the work of Florence Price, the first noted African-American woman composer to gain national status. Rounding out the celebration of Black women pianist-composers, Los Angeles-based pianist Paul Cornish will perform pieces from Geri Allen, Latasha Bundy, Julia Perry, Florence Price, and Mary Lou Williams.