Tag: Black composers

  • Tonight, Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert “Seen-Unseen: The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women”

    Tonight, Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert “Seen-Unseen: The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women”

    Tonight, Boston Landmarks Orchestra presents  “Seen-Unseen” —  Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00pm, at Boston’s Hatch Shell on the Charles River. The concert includes the Overture to Shirley Graham’s opera “Tom-Tom,” which was performed in Cleveland in 1932.  Dr. Lucy Caplan writes: “Ten thousand spectators came on the first night; fifteen thousand more on the second.…

  • Julia Perry’s Violin Concerto Revealed

    Julia Perry’s Violin Concerto Revealed

    By Dr. Liane Curtis On Dec. 2, 2022 I had the opportunity to hear – more than hear, of course, to experience — the Experiential Orchestra in New York City (you will recall that EXO brought us the magnificent recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison, which won a Grammy in 2021). This was not something…

  • Some news for your Friday!  Oct. 14, 2022

    Some news for your Friday! Oct. 14, 2022

    Applications for our Grant Program are open, and we have extended the deadline to Nov. 15! We realize that that our revised program is unconventional, proposing channels of communication between your artistic planners and the experts on our Board.  But we believe the process of programming needs to be renovated to support the systemic change…

  • Monday Link Round Up: January 17, 2022

    Monday Link Round Up: January 17, 2022

    News and music to start your week!  Happy Martin Luther King Day! To commemorate their 10th anniversary, OperaCréole has planned “A celebration of Black Women in classical music and civil rights, from Ida B. Wells to Kamala Harris.”  Unfortunately the concert date is “TBD” due to Covid, but it is an inspiration to read about…