Podcast appearances and mentions of Florence B Price

In this episode of One Symphony, host Devin Patrick Hughes interviews Dr. Samantha Ege, pianist and musicologist, about the life and works of Florence Price. Dr. Ege discusses Price's musical style, her significance in American classical music, and the recent rediscovery of her compositions. The conversation covers Price's role in the Chicago music scene, her blending of classical and African American musical traditions, and the challenges she faced as a Black female composer in the early 20th century. Dr. Ege also shares insights from her own recordings of Price's piano works and her upcoming scholarly publications on the composer.   Dr. Samantha Ege is a leading scholar and interpreter of the African American composer Florence Price.  Her work illuminates Price in the context of the Black Chicago Renaissance and Black women's dynamic networks of advocacy, empowerment, and uplift. Her first book, South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene, and first edited collection, The Cambridge Companion to Florence B. Price, are important culminations of the research she has shared around the world.   Dr Ege is a also concert pianist who specializes in the music of 20th and 21st century composers. Her performances bring her research to life, sounding new narratives that are so often unheard in the modern-day concert hall. Dr Ege seeks to communicate the diversity of classical music's past, present, and future through her performances, and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.   In her London debut at the 2021 London Festival of American Music she gave the world premiere of Florence Price's complete Fantasie Nègre set. In 2018, she made her international lecture-recitalist debut at the Chicago Symphony Center with her event A Celebration of Women in Music: Composing the Black Chicago Renaissance. She has performed across the UK, Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. She has also played with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Oakland Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia.   Thank you for joining us on One Symphony. Thanks to Dr. Samantha Ege for sharing her incredible research, insights, and music-making. You can find her book, South Side Impresarios and more at https://www.samanthaege.com.   Music Selections “Weeping Willow, A Rag Time Two Step.” Composed by Scott Joplin. Performed by Benjamin Loeb on the album Scott Jopin: Piano Rags 2 from Naxos. Violin Concerto No. 2. Composed by Florence Price. Featuring Kelly Hall-Tompkins on violin with the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Thomas Cunningham. Sonata in E minor “Andante.” Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. “Sketches in Sepia.” Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. Symphony No. 1 in E minor: I. Allegro ma non troppo. Composed by Florence Price. Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. Available from Deutsche Grammophon. Symphony No. 3 in C minor: I. Andante – Allegro. Composed by Florence Price. Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. Available from Deutsche Grammophon. Sonata in E minor “Scherzo.” Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. Fantasie Nègre No.4 in B minor. Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. Available from Lontano Records. “Snapshots Moon Behind a Cloud.” Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. Available from Lontano Records. Fantasie Nègre No.1 in E minor. Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. Available from Lontano Records. Juba Dance from Symphony No. 3. Composed by Florence Price. Performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Ricardo Muti, conductor. Fantasie Nègre No.2 in G minor. Composed by Florence Price. Performed by Samantha Ege. Available from Lontano Records.   You can always find more info at OneSymphony.org or DevinPatrickHughes.com including a virtual tip jar if you'd like to support the show. Please feel free to rate, review, or share the show! Until next time, thank you for being part of the music. 

What do William Grant Still, Joseph Bologne, and Florence B. Price have in common? They're all Black composers who contributed to the canon of classical music. Today's podcast episode spotlights Classic Black, a groundbreaking youth program celebrating Black excellence in classical music.Created by Montreal-born pianist, accordionist, producer, composer, and music director Ric'key Pageot in collaboration with Crewest Studio, Classic Black hosts live performances and educational talks that spotlight the incredible contributions of Black composers and musicians to the world of classical music. Tune into the episode on the player below to learn how Classic Black redefines the narrative surrounding classical music and honors the trailblazing musicians of color who helped shape history.For more information, please visit http://notrealart.com/classic-black

On this episode of Sonosphere we highlight the life and compositions of composer Margaret Bonds. So many people who made invaluable contributions to classical music have been nearly lost to history or are underappreciated in their time. Bonds is one of those characters.  We learned more about her when we covered one of her mentors, American composer Florence B. Price earlier in 2021 - be sure to check  out that episode. Bonds like Price is lesser known in the field of classical music - being both female and African-American - often not covered among classical European-based composers dominating the history of classical music.  One of Bonds' largest and perhaps most important works–Montgomery Variations, written in 1965 during the Selma-to-Montgomery Freedom March and dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this MLK Day we celebrate composer Margaret Bonds. More information at sonospherepodcast.com

This week on the podcast, Kenyatta D. Berry, host of PBS' Genealogy Roadshow and author of The FamilyTree Toolkit, debuts a new segment for Conversations with Kenyatta. These bite-sized episodes tackle forgotten individuals in history, whose stories need to be told. In this episode, Kenyatta examines Florence B. Price, an American composer whose work was thought to be lost in time - until one fateful day in 2009. 

It's Women's History Month — so we're celebrating and learning about a fantastic female composer named Florence B. Price in today's episode! Her background and training in European classical music with Black church tradition resulted in many unique and incredible masterpieces. Other Episodes to Check Out During Women's History Month: Episode 15: Fanny Mendelssohn Episode 16: Important Moments for Women in Music History Episode 42: Clara Schumann Musical Samples You'll Hear in this Episode: Florence B. Price “Adoration” Florence Price – Fantasie Negre (1929) Price: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor – II. Largo, maestoso ‘SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT', from ‘Five Folksongs in Counterpoint | Florence B. Price DSO – My Soul Been Anchored in the Lord – arr. Florence Price, orch. William Henry Curry (Premiere) Music Listening Schedule for Episode 66 I've created a YouTube playlist for you with the music discussed in today's episode along with some other arrangements of pieces of Florence Price's music. Check it out here. Subscribe & Review in iTunes Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, head on over to do that today so you don't miss an episode. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! If you're feeling extra magnanimous, I would be really grateful if you left a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other families find my podcast learn more about music. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what you love about Busy Kids Love Music. Thanks!

Catalyst Quartet — Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price (Azica) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Catalyst Quartet by “She just wanted a chance, and she never really got it,” violist Paul Laraia said about composer Florence Price. “It's so fulfilling that we were able to release all of this chamber music. Four of these works have never been recorded.”   Last year, his group, the Catalyst Quartet, launched its first album in a series of recordings commemorating historically important Black composers. The group's latest CD, Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price, is the second recording in that series. Why is the title “Uncovered” significant? “Back in 2018, when we were formulating this project, we thought about that title. We felt that it best described the reality in which these composers' music never went away. We needed to focus attention back onto them. “In the case of some of these works, like the works of Florence Price, there was a little bit of detective work. We had to go to the actual library in Arkansas and collect manuscripts in order to make this recording, because the publishing companies that own the rights just aren't pumping out the music fast enough for it to be heard.” Can you tell me about the featured guest, Michelle Cann? “She's just incredible. She is a consummate chamber musician and has all of the incredible facilities and musical intellect to solo. She also separately was taking up her own mission involving the music of Florence Price. “Having her perspective was a really great thing for us, even for all four of us when we play the other pieces that didn't have piano. For instance, one rehearsal we were working on the ‘Juba' movement from the long Piano Quintet in A minor. We were asking Michelle what her take was on swinging some of the rhythms. “To the nonexpert, it can sound like ragtime, but Michelle told us that we needed to listen to the Robert Nathaniel Dett version to get the idea of what was in Price's ears when she was writing those rhythms.” Can you talk about what we hear in 5 Folk Songs in Counterpoint? “There's an emotional and conversational aspect to every one of the entrances and voices that take us with a through line. In the case of the five folk songs, I think there's a through line that spans the entire work. We feel this journey going all the way through. The third movement is a slow chorale that's really gorgeous, and I think it serves as an emotional center point. “The goal is not for our recording to be the only definitive set. The music is so dense that it can be interpreted so many ways. It deserves a collective effort in order to move us closer to having better and stronger interpretations of her music and for her music to be more widely available and known.” To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch now More on Florence Price and the Catalyst Quartet Rhapsody in Black Florence Price meets Frederick Stock New Classical Tracks Catalyst Quartet honors Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Giveaway Giveaway You must be 13 or older to submit any information to American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products and services. See Terms of Use and Privacy. This giveaway is subject to the Official Giveaway Rules. Resources Catalyst Quartet — Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price (Amazon Music) Catalyst Quartet (official site)

 GRAMMY Award-winning Catalyst Quartet releases UNCOVERED Volume 2: Florence B. Price on Azica Records. The album is the second issue of a multi-volume anthology highlighting string quartet works by historically important Black composers which aims to bring greater awareness and programming of their music. Volume 2 is entirely devoted to the six known string quartet and piano quintet works of composer Florence B. Price – including four world premiere recordings – performed with pianist Michelle Cann, recipient of the 2021 Price Award.Purchase the music (without talk) at:  Uncovered, Vol. 2 (classicalsavings.com) Your purchase helps to support our show!  Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber.  @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber  Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html  staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com  This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media. 

In 2009 hundreds of Florence B. Price compositions were recovered from an abandoned house in southern Illinois. Throughout the past decade these pieces began to be transcribed and distributed throughout the world. Florence B. Price’s works pull from negro-spirituals and music of the times. On this episode, part 7 of our Birth of Modern Music series, we dive into the life and work of Florence B. Price. We talk with Karen Walwyn, A. Kori Hill, Douglas Shadle and Maeve Brophy about who she was, and how her music told her story. www.sonospherepodcast.com @sonospod

http://www.florenceprice.org/ https://www.npr.org/2019/01/21/686622572/revisiting-the-pioneering-composer-florence-price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price https://www.nanm.org Florence Price - Chineke! Orchestra - Florence B. Price Symphony no 1 in E minor, 1st movement --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ohvamusic/message

Known for their fusion of classical, jazz and gospel programming, the McCain Duo (Artina and Martin) present concerts with a *surprising depth of emotional contrasts.* Audiences describe their performances as “ *breathtaking, awe-inspiring, and invigorating.”* Their marriage and musical collaboration create an intimate *range of tone colors and imaginative storytelling.* Duo website: mccainduo.com Artina's website (buy her album!): artinamccain.com Martin's website (buy his arrangements!): martinmccain.com Social media: @artinamccain, @mccaintrombone, @mccain duo Book recommendations: The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price, by Rae Linda Brown The Untethered Soul: A Journey Beyond Yourself, by Michael A Singer Follow us on Instagram: @musicaltherapypod

SUGGESTED COLLECTIONS AND TEXTS QUEENS OF COMPOSITION COLLECTIONS 44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence B. Price. Richard Heard, editor. (Classical Vocal  Reprints) Songs and Spirituals Volume 1 by Jacqueline B. Hairston (Classical Vocal Reprints) Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers. Compiled by Willis C. Patterson Second Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers. Compiled and edited by Willis  C. Patterson (Videmus.org) Art Songs & Spirituals by African-American Women Composers. Vivian Taylor, editor.  (Classical Vocal Reprints) The New Negro Spiritual. Compiled and edited by Willis C. Patterson (Videmus.org) Rediscovering Margaret Bonds: Art Songs, Spirituals, Musical Theatre and Popular Songs.  Louise Toppin, editor. (Videmus.org) TEXTS Songs and Spirituals: The Life and Music of Jacqueline Hairston. Phillip Harris. The Art of the Spiritual: Enhancing Performance of the Concert Spiritual. C. Susheel Bibbs The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price. Rae Linda Brown Listening list:To My Little SonHold Fast to DreamsNightMy Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXl6Cj-paw4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAu3QMuwWqwAt the Feet o' Jesus Four Encore Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPfsCrfDRhghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt0l-gI9axYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgsu03eBAJ4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_wuWfUJM5cTravel's End Love let the wind cry…. I Want to die while you Love me Come Down, Angels Watch and Pray Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord He' Got the Whole World in His Hands Stopping By Woods Lord I just Can't Keep from Cryin' Three Dream Portraits Summer Song from Songs of the Season Poeme d'Automne from Songs of the Season Lena McLin - McLin's short speech Call Jesus Wait ‘til I put on my crown Hold out your light On Consciousness Streams Guide My Feet Lord. I'll Go My Good Lord Done Been Here God is a God (about 30 seconds in) Farmchild's Lullaby Caper's explanation on Song of the Seasons Song of the Seasons RubyRegina Harris Baiocchi on Florence Price ShadowsHold Out for Joy Cracking the Canon….(Samantha Ege, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Dolores White) Hurston Songs 

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price's life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda's sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price's life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price's major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price's music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price's catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy's MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price's life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda's sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price's life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price's major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price's music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price's catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy's MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price’s life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda’s sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price’s life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price’s major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price’s music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price’s catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy’s MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price’s life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda’s sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price’s life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price’s major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price’s music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price’s catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy’s MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price’s life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda’s sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price’s life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price’s major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price’s music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price’s catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy’s MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price’s life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda’s sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price’s life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price’s major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price’s music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price’s catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy’s MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence B. Price. It was the first time a major American orchestra played a composition by an African American woman. Despite her success, Price sank into obscurity after her death in 1953. Dr. Rae Linda Brown spent much of her career researching and writing about Price’s life and music, as well as advocating for African American representation in academia and in the concert hall. Three years after her death, University of Illinois Press published the manuscript she left largely complete at her passing: Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price (University of Illinois Press, 2020). Two guests join this podcast to talk about the biography—Dr. Carlene Brown, Rae Linda’s sister, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who edited the book and prepared it for publication. Heart of a Woman places Price’s life and music within the context of genteel middle-class African American culture and the active black classical music scene in Chicago in the 1930s and 40s. Brown also analyzes Price’s major pieces, teasing out the ways the composer embedded influences from black musical traditions into her concert music. Today Florence Price’s music is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, due in no small part to the work of Dr. Rae Linda Brown. G. Schirmer Inc. has acquired the rights to Price’s catalog and has been publishing her music (some pieces for the first time). In the 2019–2020 season alone, the Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle Symphonies, among others, performed her work. Rae Linda Brown was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pacific Lutheran University at her death in 2017. Her research and publications focused on African American concert music and Florence B. Price. Carlene J. Brown is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Therapy Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her research and clinical work centers on the use of music for pain management. Guthrie Ramsey is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University Pennsylvania. A musicologist, pianist, and composer, Ramsey has published extensively on African American music including two books. He has also released three recordings with his band Dr. Guy’s MusiQology and directed the documentary Amazing: The Tests and Triumph of Bud Powell (2015) among other projects. Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Not-So-Classical Classical Power Trip! LET'S GO!!!Playlist: Overzealous - Collapsing CastleMichael Gaicchino - The IncreditsCanadian Brass - Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale Of Tsar Saltan - The Flight Oh The Tuba BeeStar Wars: The Phantom Menace - Duel Of The FatesHalo 3 OST - Greatest JourneyJohn Williams - T-Rex Rescue & FinaleAlex Pauk - Music From Night's Edge: IV. Quicksilver LightThe Louisville Orchestra, Pierre Hetu - Derek Healey - Arctic Images - I.The Louisville Orchestra, Irma Vallecillo - Jacques Hetu - Piano Concerto - III.Minnesota Orchestra - St. John's on Bald Mountain, "A Night On Bare Mountain" (Original Version)Nicole Lizée - Son of the Man With The Golden ArmsCamille Saint-Saēns, Philippe Entremont, Gaby Casadesus, Yo-Yo Ma - Wild AssesCamille Saint-Saens , Philippe Entremont, Gaby Casadesus, Yo-Yo Ma - PianistsBeverley Johnston - Vignettes: III. PreadaptationEybler Quartet - String Quartet in D Major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. VivaceAntonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons Summer III PrestoGeorge Walker, El Paso Festival Quartet - String Quartet No. 2: AdagioNubya Garcia - SourceFlorence B. Price, New Black Music Repertory Ensemble - Symphony No. 1 in E Minor IV Finale

It's Black HIstory Month in the American continent, so I decided to dedicate our entire month's shows to Black composers, from classical to jazz. Our first episode is dedicated to the Black pioneers of Classical music. Trax: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Moorish Dance, Op. 55 - Presto - Largamente - Presto Florence B. Price - Piano Sonata in E Minor I: Andante - Allegro Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Violin Concerto in A Major, Op.5 #2 (1775) II. Largo William Grant Still - Symphony 1 'Afro-American' 1 - Moderato Assai Harry Lawrence Freeman - Voodoo Queen Aria George Walker - Lilacs, for Voice and Orchestra George Lewis & The Monash Art Ensemble - Angry Bird Olly Wilson - Lumina, for Orchestra Jonathan Bailey Holland - Halcyon Sun