John Malveaux: Morris Robinson & Soloman Howard in LA Opera's "Don Carlo"

Morris Robinson

Howard Soloman

John Malveaux of 

www.MusicUNTOLD.com 

writes:

Los Angeles Opera production of DON CARLO includes  Morris Robinson  (Grand Inquisitor) and Soloman Howard (A Friar), Oct. 7, 11, and 14 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. See pic 1 Morris Robinson, pic 2 Soloman Howard

BroadwayWorld.com: Tania Leon in American Academy of Arts And Sciences

Tania Leon

Broadway World

Composer, Conductor & Educator Tania Leon Elected Member Of American Academy Of Arts And Sciences

Oct. 4, 2018

Composer, Conductor and Educator Tania León has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the category of Visual Arts and Performing Arts - Criticism and Practice along with other noted and distinguished artists. (See list below). Ms. León will be inducted in to the Academy this weekend, October 5th in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Professor Tania León

Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Composer; Claire and Leonard Tow Distinguished Professor of Music

As a distinguished American composer, conductor, and educator, León's composition style is influenced by such American idioms as gospel and jazz. African and Cuban elements are incorporated alongside contemporary techniques. She has played active role to introduce Latin American music works to American audiences.

In 1969, León became a founding member and the first musical director of Arthur Mitchell's Dance Theatre of Harlem, establishing its music department, music school, and orchestra. She instituted the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series in 1978, and in 1994 co-founded the American Composers Orchestra Sonidos de las Americas Festivals as Latin American Music Advisor. From 1993 to 1997 she was the New Music Advisor to Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic. She also served as Latin American Music Advisor to the American Composers Orchestra until 2001. Her compositions include "Dougla" (1974), "Scourge of Hyacinths" (1994), "Horizons" (1999), "Inura" (2009), "Rimas Tropicales" (2011), "Ethos" (2014) and "Ser" (2017).

She is on the executive board of important new music organizations such as In The States and the Fromm Music Foundation in Harvard. She is the founder and director of Composers Now in New York, whose mission is to promote new music and composers of our time, which benefits our culture and society immeasurably. She received the Mad Women Festival Award in Music, in Madrid, Spain in 2017 and most recently the 2018 USA Artist Fellowship. For more information please visit: http://www.tanialeon.com

Voice-Online.co.uk: Story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at UK Black History Exhibit

The Voice

Stories of black people in Kent showcased at new exhibition

The contributions and lives of the incredible, but relatively unknown, figures in politics, the armed forces, sports, religion, society and the arts will be explored through the display

04/10/2018

THE HISTORIC Dockyard Chatham in partnership with the Medway African and Caribbean Association (MACA) and the Black History Live project team are launching a new temporary exhibition to celebrate black people in Britain.

Untold Stories: A Celebration of Black People in Kent will seek to tell the story of African and Caribbean people across Kent and Medway in the 19th and 20th Century.

The temporary exhibition, which will run from tomorrow, October 5 until December 2 at No 1 Smithery, will share some of the fascinating stories of the life and contribution of black people who lived with the historic boundaries of Kent - celebrating the incredible, but relatively unknown, contributions to politics, armed forces, sports, religion, society and the arts.

This community led and created exhibition, draws on ideas, thoughts, and research from local groups and volunteers.

The chair of MACA, Carol Stewart, said: “We wanted to display these stories in a venue that will allow us to tell those stories in a space that would allow us to do so in a creative and engaging way. It’s a fantastic opportunity to be the first organisation to enable the first regional black history exhibition at the award-winning gallery.” 

The stories of those who sought to make significant change such as William Cuffay (campaigner for political rights), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (a distinguished composer) and Sarah Forbes Bonnetta (Goddaughter of Queen Victoria) will all be showcased at the display.  

Marlon Daniel: Ebony.com: Discovering Black History And Heritage In Guadeloupe

Souffleur Beach, La Desirade

The Memorial ACTe (Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade) in Pointe-a-Pitre

Marlon Daniel

(Photo by Bob Estramero)

Marlon Daniel of Ensemble du Monde writes:

September 2018 Ebony Magazine features an article on Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), neglected historical figure of Guadeloupéen descent who was the first known composer of African descent and a legendary civil rights activist of the French Revolution, Guadeloupe and the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges (March 2018)

Held annually, The festival features a plethora of spectacular concerts, cultural and educational events performed by renowned diverse international artists throughout Guadeloupe archipelago. The Artistic and Music Director is Maestro Marlon Daniel. 

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83jKR6xmIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN7IiUYY_Hk&t=12s

www.saintgeorgesfestival.com

Piano Recital: Echezonachukwu Nduka in Pleasantville, NJ 5 PM Sun. Oct. 28

Echezonachukwu Nduka

Apotheosis Art House writes:

Greetings!


On Sunday October 28, Nigerian pianist Echezonachukwu Nduka will be performing at Salem United Methodist Church in Pleasantville, New Jersey.

The program will include works by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Prokofiev, Uzoigwe, and Onovwerosuoke.

Time is 5PM. This concert is sponsored by the Music Department of SUMC.

Salem United Methodist Church Pleasantville: 815 S Main St, Pleasantville, NJ 08232
Mark

New Jersey

John Malveaux: Master Class: Clarinetist Anthony McGill, Manual Arts HS 5 PM Oct. 24

John Malveaux of 

www.MusicUNTOLD.com 

writes:

As a community education partner of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, MusicUNTOLD is coordinating with Los Angeles Unified School District BEYOND THE BELL (extended day programs) to present masterclass by New York Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Anthony McGill, October 24, 2018 at Manual Arts HS Auditorium. See attachment/Beyond The Bell flyer. Clarinetist Anthony McGill is guest performer with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Oct. 27 & 28, 2018.

https://www.laco.org/events/sibelius-third/ 

Sergio Mims: Kevin John Edusei conducts Schubert's Symphonies 5 & 6 on new CD

Munich Symphony

Kevin John Edusei, Conductor

Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 5

Symphony No. 6

Solo Musica

Sergio A. Mims writes:

Solo Musica will release in November the second of the on-going series of all the Franz Schubert symphonies conducted by Kevin John Edusei with the Munich Symphony. Edusei is the chief-conductor of Munich Symphony 

The recording presented here is dedicated to the last two symphonies of Franz Schubert’s earlier compositional period. Both are united by their emergence in the atmosphere of the amateur orchestra founded by Otto Hatwig, in which Franz played the viola, and his brother Ferdinand the violin. This orchestra was a stroke of luck for the young Schubert, akin to a laboratory where he could thoroughly test his compositions against the works of composing contemporaries such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Méhul, and in real world conditions. 

Nevertheless, in their compositional intent, the symphonies are so fundamentally different that it is tempting to present these two dissimilar siblings on one album. Looking at the entire cycle of the Schubert symphonies, and the existential crisis in which Schubert found himself after 1818, this criticism seems in hindsight to be justified only to a certain extent. The creative chasm that opened up in front of Schubert is documented in his many symphonic drafts and abandoned works. In chamber music and in song composition, his productivity likewise decreased considerably. At that time, there was also the break with his father. Against this background, the Sixth seems like a charming “coming-of-age” work that demonstrated to the composer – with the utmost severity – the creative limits of youth-fuelled ardor.

John Malveaux: Annelle Gregory was soloist for Terence Blanchard's "Dance for a New Day"

Thomas Mesa, Terence Blanchard & Annelle Gregory

John Malveaux of 

www.MusicUNTOLD.com 

writes:                     

Violinist Annelle Gregory and cellist Thomas Mesa were soloists during Sphinx Virtuosi Tour for September 30, 2018 world premiere of Terence Blanchard DANCE FOR A NEW DAY (for solo violin, solo cello, and string orchestra) at New World Center, Miami, Florida. See pic Thomas Mesa, Terence Blanchard, Annelle Gregory

Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE places in top 10 of BBC Woman's Hour Power List 2018

Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE

(Eric Richmond)

Chineke! Foundation

October 1, 2018

“There is nobody who's done more for diversity in classical music than Chi-chi.”

Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE placed at No.9 in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power List, which celebrates the Top 40 most successful women having an impact on the music we’re all listening to.

https://guardian.ng/life/beyonce-dua-lipa-chichi-nwanoku-listed-in-bbc-woman-power-list/

Guardian Nigeria

Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Chi-chi Nwanoku Listed In “BBC Woman Power List”

By Njideka Agbo 29 September 2018

Nigerian- Irish double bass player Professor Chinyere Adah Nwanoku has made the BBC Woman’s Power List. In the list which has the likes of Beyonce and Taylor Swift, she takes the number nine spot.

Chi-chi, as she is popularly called, is the founder of the Chineke Orchestra, the founder of the first professional majority black and minority ethnic (BME) orchestra in Europe.

http://www.classical-music.com/news/marin-alsop-and-chi-chi-nwanoku-placed-top-ten-womans-hour-2018-power-list

BBC Music Magazine

28 September 2018

Marin Alsop and Chi-chi Nwanoku placed in top ten of Woman's Hour 2018 Power List

Classical music artists are prominent on a list, topped by Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, of the 40 most powerful women in the music industry

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Chi-chi Nwanoku set up the Chineke! foundation to help support black and minority ethnic musicians in their performing careers, with the orchestra making its debut in 2015. It became a resident ensemble at London's Southbank Centre last year.

AaronAsk: Weekly mentoring for a creative life: Don't Always Abstain! (2:20)

http://www.aaronask.com/dont-always-abstain/

Aaron P. Dworkin writes:

Greetings and welcome to this week's episode of AaronAsk, your weekly mentoring session to live a fulfilling creative life!  This week's episode is titled, Don't Always Abstain!  Enjoy, we wish you a creative day and see you for next week's session!