Composers You Should Know: Margaret Bonds
Happy 103rd birthday to American pianist and composer Margaret Bonds! Born and raised in Chicago, Bonds showed an early aptitude for music and composition. She pursued formal education in music, studying at Northwestern University and Juilliard. She then sought...Contemporary Symphonies
The current issue of The New Yorker includes a column by Alex Ross in which he explores the ways in which the symphony has transformed in new music. As one would expect, it covered the most familiar names with only a few surprises (including Gloria Coates who, to...
NEW DISCOVERIES of Florence Price’s Music revealed in Arkansas Festival!!
The historic importance of Florence Price (1887–1953), as the first African American woman to have a Symphony performed by a major orchestra, has been recognized. However, while she had some success in her lifetime, after she died very little of her music remained...