John Malveaux: "The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white." - James Baldwin

from “On Language, Race, and the Black Writer”, The Cross Of Redemption

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com

Kelly Hall-Tompkins: 35,000 YouTube Views and Counting! 'Imagination' Release Event March 17

Imagination: Kelly Hall-Tompkins
www.kellyhall-tompkins.com

Always Wanted to Win a Golden Ticket? Try Your Luck on March 17th!!

Come to the Official DVD Disc Release Event Monday Evening March 17 7pm at Pranna Bar and Lounge Madison Avenue at 28th Street New York City

Harlem Chamber Players Spring Concert with Opus 118 Harlem School of Music & Sujari Britt March 23, 2014 at 3 PM at St. Mary's Church

March 23, 2014 at 3 PM

Spring Concert with Opus 118 Harlem School of Music at St. Mary's Church

Hear the highly acclaimed students from Opus 118 and meet the founder and master teacher Roberta Guaspari, the inspiration behind the award-winning documentary "Small Wonders" and Miramax's film, "Music of the Heart," starring Meryl Streep. Also featuring the 12-year-old prodigy cellist Sujari Britt with The Harlem Chamber Players. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for students/seniors. Click here for more info.

Dr. Stan Ford on H. Leslie Adams: 'I first heard his preludes performed at a NANM convention. He not only sent me the score...but also of some of his etudes...'

Dr. Stan Ford, Professor of Piano 

at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria

[The H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932) Homepage is at: 

http://www.hleslieadams.com  H. Leslie Adams is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]

On March 6, 2014 AfriClassical posted: 

Dr. Stan Ford of Salzburg Mozarteum Presents Works of Ulysses Kay, Howard Swanson, H. Leslie Adams & Scott Joplin to Austrian Teachers at Lecture/Recital

H. Leslie Adams wrote:

Dear Bill,

Re lecture recital, do you have a date when this event took place (or will take place)?  Also the name of the performer, if if known, and the relationship of Stan Ford to the event.  

The information was a little vague.

Thanks,

Leslie

The inquiry of H. Leslie Adams was forwarded to Dr. Stan Ford, who replied:

Dear Dr. Zick,

Thank you for forwarding the inquiry from L. Adams.  He and I were in communication many years back when I first heard his preludes performed at a NANM convention. He not only sent me the score of the preludes, but also of some of his etudes he was composing at the time.  I performed his Preludes on several occasions throughout Europe and in the States. He will be pleased to also know that a pre-college student of mine performed one of his preludes in competition in the finals of Prima la musica where he earned 2^nd place over 6 years ago.

In the Fall of 2013 I was extended an invitation to introduce piano solo works of American composers to Austrian teachers in the Tyrol region. I was very pleased to see that several of the works I introduced appeared on programs for the Prima la musica competition this year.

I hope this clears up some questions Mr. Adams might have. If he would like to know more, he is free to contact me at his earliest convenience.

Sincerely

Stan Ford

Dr. Stan Ford's reply was forwarded to H. Leslie Adams, who wrote:

Dear Bill,

Thanks so much for the information.  Really appreciate.  hla


Comment by email:

Bill: So nice to hear news of Stan Ford, an old friend from CBMR days. And I'm also delighted that Leslie's piano pieces have "taken off" in Europe.  Suzanne [Suzanne Flandreau]

John Malveaux: TheVillageCelebration.com: 'Setting the Record Straight: African American Opera and Concert Singers at the White House'

Jessye Norman with President Barack Obama

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

Please see article by Dr. Wheeler http://www.thevillagecelebration.com/setting-the-record-straight-african-american-opera-and-concert-singers-at-the-white-house/

 

MusicUNTOLD is grateful and proud of securing the services of Mezzo Soprano Denyce Graves and Tenor George Shirley for concerts in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Additionally, MusicUNTOLD secured the services of Soprano Lyric Anita Johnson for a concert in 2013. Ms. Johnson is not mentioned in the article but she performed in the White House. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWhqBMJ_iUM

 

John

Dr. Stan Ford of Salzburg Mozarteum Presents Works of Ulysses Kay, Howard Swanson, H. Leslie Adams & Scott Joplin to Austrian Teachers at Lecture/Recital

Dr. Stan Ford
(Photo: Wiley Price)

Allerseelen: Romantic Songs for Cello and Piano

[Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss & Hugo Wolf]

by Robert Sang-Ung Choi, Cello and Stan Ford, Piano

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sangungchoi2

[H. Leslie Adams, Ulysses Kay and Scott Joplin are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a Works List and Bibliography for H. Leslie Adams and Ulysses Kay by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]

Dr. Stan Ford has recorded a CD, Allerseelen: Romantic Songs for Cello and Piano, on which he performs works of Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf.  He writes:

Dear Sir,

I recently had the honor of adjudicating at a piano competition for Austrian youth called Prima la musica. Over 500 aspired young pianists throughout Austria competed at the regional level. The winners earned the right to represent their region at the national level in June. One of the winners performed a piano solo work from composer Valerie Capers’ Suite “Portraits in Jazz” which will be performed at the national level early June in Vienna, Austria. This work and works of other Black composers, Ulysses Kay (10 Short Essays), Howard Swanson (The Cookoo), Leslie Adams (3 Preludes), Scott Joplin (Piano Rags) were among the literature I had the pleasure of presenting to Austrian teachers at a lecture recital where I introduced teaching material of American composers. (see attachment).

Sincerely,

Dr. Stan Ford, Professor of Piano at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria


Comment by email:

Stan, How absolutely wonderful!

1) That you are spreading African-American piano literature to Austrian teachers

2) That your students are winning competitions with it and you have caused it to become part of the competition literature

3) That you are in communication with Afri-Classical musicians

4) That you have introduced me to the website AND blog.

Thank you very much for this email.

Diane  [Diane Smoot]

DARC Report New Show! Give The Arts Real Time: 'Why Bill Maher Should Change His Tune'

Bill Maher has criticized public funding for the arts and stated, "Unlike food and water, access to Mozart is not a basic human necessity." In this show, Aaron tackles the concerning perspective espoused by Bill and others that relegate the arts to the sidelines of society and strive to define it as the luxurious entertainment of the elite. Aaron demonstrates the comprehensive role that the arts play across a broad cross-section of society and makes the argument for the critical need of public funding in this sector.

WATCH THE SHOW ON VIMEO HERE! (each show is about 10 min) or WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE HERE!

John Malveaux: Glimmerglass.org: 'The Glimmerglass Festival Appoints Eric Owens Artistic Advisory Board Chairman'

Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com sends this link:

New Appointment http://glimmerglass.org/press/news-releases/current/eric-owens-appointed-artistic-advisory-board-chairman/

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (March 4, 2014) – The Glimmerglass Festival, the Central New York hub for lovers of opera and musical theater, has appointed bass-baritone Eric Owens as chairman of The Glimmerglass Festival Artistic Advisory Board, making him an ex-officio member of the company’s Board of Trustees.

The Artistic Advisory Board is a group of artists and opera professionals, appointed by Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello, that can be called upon as a sounding board for the company. Zambello formed the group in 2011, prior to her first summer season.

Owens served as the 2012 Artist in Residence at Glimmerglass, starring in new productions of Verdi’s Aida and Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars. Last summer, he returned to Glimmerglass to perform in concert with members of the Young Artists Program, the apprentice program for young singers. Upcoming, on April 10, he will serve as master of ceremonies at GL!MMERATA, the company’s spring gala and largest fundraiser of the year held at the prestigious Metropolitan Club in New York City.

“We are honored to have Eric so deeply involved with Glimmerglass,” Zambello said. “Eric is a brilliant performer, and his passion for opera and theater continues when he steps off stage. His enthusiasm for Glimmerglass is palpable, and he has been a wonderful ambassador for the summer festival.”

The Artistic Advisory Board also includes Bill Burden, Amy Burton, Joyce Castle, Beth Clayton, Sarah Coburn, Dwayne Croft, David Daniels, Michelle DeYoung, Rod Gilfry, Christine Goerke, Anthony Dean Griffey, Julie and Nathan Gunn, Joe Kaiser, Michael Kaiser, Mark Lamos, Patricia Racette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Deborah Voigt and Joe Volpe.

The 2014 Festival focuses on 100 years of music and features four new productions of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, Strauss’ Ariadne in Naxos and Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy. The productions run in repertory July 11 through August 24. More information can be found at www.glimmerglass.org.

One World Symphony: 'Spring Break' Features Baritone José Pietri-Coimbre & Soprano Sonya Headlam, Holy Apostles Church, 8 PM Monday, March 17, 2014

José Pietri-Coimbre, Baritone

Recently performed as Walt/Heisenberg/Ozymandias is Sung Jin Hong’s critically-acclaimed world premiere performances of Breaking Bad — Ozymandias, Puerto-Rican born José Pietri-Coimbre has distinguished himself in various capacities as a violinist, violist, and classical baritone. As a vocalist, Mr. Pietri-Coimbre has presented frequent solo art song recitals in the United States and Europe. He has performed in New York City with One World Symphony, with whom he sang the roles of the Forrester in the crtically-acclaimed production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen,Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, and Dancairo in Bizet’s Carmen. He was a member of the Puerto Rico Opera Chorus, and was also a frequent featured oratorio soloist in the Island, performing with the Puerto Rico Chamber Orchestra among other ensembles. As a violinist and violist, Mr. Pietri-Coimbre has held principal positions at One World Symphony, Bronx Opera and Delaware Valley Opera Orchestras, Puerto Rico Sinfonietta, National Orchestral Institute Orchestra, and the Queens Philharmonia, where he was also a soloist in 2003. He has been a member of the New Jersey Philharmonic, Puerto Rico Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras. He has collaborated with cellists Marcy Rosen and Nina Lee, and with conductors Gerard Schwarz, Sergiu Comissiona, Maurice Peress and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. A strong advocate of Spanish and Latin American art music, Mr. Pietri-Coimbre was a member of the Zipoli Ensemble for the Spanish American Baroque and a founding member of Cuarteto Ensueño. He has also been a busy and passionate educator for nearly two decades, having been on the faculty of the Diller-Quaile School of Music, the Mozart Academy in New York City and currently at Third Street Music School.

Sonya Headlam, Soprano

Soprano Sonya Headlam is a versatile performer of vocal recitals, chamber music, oratorio, and operatic repertoire. Praised for her voice of “liquid tone”, Ms. Headlam’s career has taken her to concert halls across the U.S. and abroad. She has performed with One World Symphony on numerous occasions since 2006. She is thrilled to continue her collaboration with One World Symphony for the 2013-2014 Season, following critically acclaimed performances on the Ecstasy, American Affairs, and Addiction programs. Career highlights include her Carnegie Hall debut with Distinguished Concerts International New York, and her regional opera house debut with Fargo-Morehead opera singing the role of Musetta in La Bohème. Ms. Headlam has twice performed on the Trinity Church Recital Series in Lower Manhattan, joining a rich history of renowned and emerging professional musicians. Born of Jamaican parentage, Ms. Headlam maintains close ties with the Caribbean where she has been active as a recitalist and soloist including a tour of Guadeloupe with members of the Cuban Philharmonic. Ms. Headlam holds performance degrees from Miami University of Ohio, and received additional training at Mannes College of Music in New York City. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Voice Performance at Rutgers University.

Spring Break 

One World Symphony

Sung Jin Hong, Artistic Director and Conductor

Monica Martin, Sergey Prokofyev, Violinists

One World Symphony Vocal Artist

Antonio Vivaldi:"Spring" and "Summer," The Four Seasons

Arias by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi

Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 (world premiere arrangement of String Quartet No. 7 by Sung Jin Hong)

Andrew Struck-Marcell: Infinity for vocalist and chamber orchestra (2014 World Premiere )

One Performance Only:

Monday, March 17, 2014

8:00 p.m.

Holy Apostles Church

296 Ninth Avenue at West 28th Street

Manhattan

$30 Students/Seniors with ID

$40 General

Tickets previously purchased for the "Lamento" 

program will be honored for this program.

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

- Hal Borland

Thaw the last stubborn snow out of your boots with Vivaldi's effervescent "Spring" and scorching "Summer" concertos from The Four Seasons. Based on Philip Savage's Infinity and poems by Kasenjo and Okyo, Andrew Struck-Marcell's world premiere sings "a dream that vanish into flowers and moonlight." The new Spring playlist heats up with Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony No. 7, world premiere arrangement of the String Quartet No. 7 by Sung Jin Hong.

For information on our featured artists click here >>

Concert length approximately 85 minutes without intermission. Program may be subject to change.

MELODEON: Soprano Marti Newland in 'Masters of the Harmonium' Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 4 PM, Church of the Epiphany, 74th and York Avenue, NYC

Marti Newland
www.martinewland.com

MELODEON

Sunday, April 6^th, 2014 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany
74^th and York Avenue, NYC

 Marti Newland, soprano
George Spitzer, baritone
Andrew Sun, piano
Artis Wodehouse, 1903 Mustel Art Harmonium

Tickets:
http://Tickets: https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?w=3da97b317db95113426982f1ba8d5ee1&t=tix

 

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Sonatina Op. 14 No. 2 for solo Art Harmonium

Camille-Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Duos Op. 8 for piano and harmonium

Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Air de J. S. Bach for solo harmonium

Max  Reger (1873-1916)
“Ich sehe dich in tausend Bilden”, “Meine Seele ist still zu Gott”
for baritone and harmonium

Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Prayer in F for piano and harmonium

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
“Ave Maria” by Heitor Villa-Lobos for soprano and harmonium

Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
Petite rhapsodie for solo harmonium

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Serenade Agreste a la Madone for solo harmonium

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Selections from Threepenny Opera
arr. Artis Wodehouse
for voice, piano, and harmonium