HEOG: Unbound Genius: Black Composers and Performers and the Great Migration: Speaker: Rosalyn Story Feb. 26, 2022, 3-4:30 PM Online Event

After the Civil War and World War I, many Black   

classical artists—Sissieretta Jones, William Grant

Still, Florence Price, Roland Hayes, William

Dawson, and others—journeyed from Jim Crow

America to the North to explore and expand their

musical talent. The path of these great artists was

fraught with obstacles that proved no match for

their genius. Within the socio-political context

of a rapidly changing America, Rosalyn Story

will discuss how these artists endured setbacks

of racism, poverty, and gender discrimination

to navigate a complex cultural landscape, and

change the face of American classical music. The

Robert A. Henry Lecture is Houston Ebony Opera

Guild’s annual tribute to its founder, Dr. Robert

Alphonso Henry (1916-1996), a distinguished

music educator, choral conductor, and voice

teacher for whom opera and the Negro Spiritual

were great passions.

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This is an online event.
A link will be emailed to registrants.
Please contact Friends of HEOG at
713-335-3800 for additional information