Tag: Center for Black Music Research
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Monday Link Round Up: June 12, 2017
News to start your week! Melanie Zeck, music librarian and historian at the Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, writes fro The Francisco Chronicle exploring the music of the African diaspora. Learn more about William Grant Still, Joseph Bologne (“Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges”), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and others. Read on about the music preserved by…
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Florence Price and the Chicago Symphony Are Reunited—by Mei-Ann Chen
On the cusp of Black and Women’s History Months, we’re celebrating that 80 years after her orchestral debut Florence Beatrice Price is currently making a comeback on the concert stage—thanks in no small part to conductor Mei-Ann Chen. Chen, maestro of both the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta performed Price’s The Oak as part…