Podcasts about Florence Price

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Juliana Soltis is an innovative cellist who has done extensive research to connect listeners with some forgotten stories of classical music. In this episode we talked about her recent album American Woman which features cello and piano music of women composers; you'll hear Juliana's insights into the lives of Mary Howe, Amy Beach, Margaret Bonds, Helen Crane, Dorothy Rudd Moore and Florence Price and hear excerpts from this album which Juliana recorded with the wonderful pianist Ruoting Li. Many listeners will be familiar with Juliana's playing as a Baroque cellist, and it was fascinating to hear about how the French relinquished their beloved viol relunctuantly to the Italian cello. I really love Juliana's recording of the complete Suites for solo cello of J.S. Bach and you'll hear some music from her album Going off Script: the Ornamented Suites for cello. Juliana shared great advice about performing from an athlete's perspective and also the joy of connecting with audiences. This interview begins with one of her beautiful greyhounds, and for those of you watching this on YouTube, hopefully you'll enjoy this comforting canine presence throughout this inspirational conversation. Like all my episodes , you can watch the video or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I've also linked the transcript to my website, everything linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/juliana-soltisOther episodes: Samantha Ege, Julia MacLaine, Dorothy Lawson of ETHEL, Edwin Barker, Euclid QuartetJuliana Soltis Website Podcast Newsletter sign-up Buy me a coffee ? Merchandise storephoto: Teresa Tam(00:00) Intro(02:37)the greyhounds, American Woman album (05:16) archives New York Public Library, Helen Crane(10:42) clip of Ballade Fantasque by Howe(12:20) Mary Howe (16:51) racist divide between Black and white composers(20:47) clip of Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds (22:12) baroque cello (33:57) Courante J.S. Bach Solo Suite in G major(37:14) creating Going off Script: the Ornamented Suites for cello(37:43) other episodes (38:36) the art of ornamentation, recording the Bach album(43:45) lessons with Catharina Meints Caldwell(48:33) connecting with audiences, using social media(56:37) clip of Dirge and Deliverance by Dorothy Rudd Moore(58:00) Kermit Moore, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Amy Beach(01:04:23) Berceuse by Beach(01:10:25) 3rd Idyll op. 51 by Helen Crane(01:19:01) how athletic training helps with performance nerves

XX a. Lenkijos muzikos virsmas per Bacevičiūtės, Lutosławskio ir Szymanowskio kūrinius; Antonino Dvořáko ir Florence Price kvintetai, kartu su „Takács Quartet“ ir Marc-André Hamelinu; tunisiečio ūdininko Anouaro Brahemo supergrupė, J.S. Bacho smuiko koncertai kanadietiškai ir dar – muzikos kraštovaizdžio formuotojas Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. Visa tai – leidybinės naujienos „Kitame laike“.Ved. Domantas Razauskas

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Samantha Ege is both a leading scholar and interpreter of Florence Price. In this interview, she talks about her recent book “South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene”. I was fascinated to learn about this compelling history of Chicago's Black Renaissance with women such as Nora Holt,  Margaret Bonds, and Katherine Dunham.  Dr. Ege shared how the scholarship side of her work informs both her identity as a pianist and also how this research and storytelling cause her to reflect on some of her own challenges. We also talked about some of her other recent recording projects, including the upcoming Avril Coleridge-Taylor piano concerto and chamber music with Castle of our Skins, and she reflected candidly on her personal creative life as a writer, performer and composer. Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I've also linked the transcript to my website Newsletter sign-up Buy me a coffee? Merchandise store You may be also interested in the following episodes:   Gerry Bryant Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser   Vahn Black Rebeca Omordia Omo Bello DeWitt Fleming Jr.  Destiny Muhammad among so many https://www.leahroseman.com/about Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds from concert in Chicago for Crossing Borders Music Fantasie Negre no. 1 in E minor by Florence Price: from concert in Chicago for Crossing Borders Music https://www.samanthaege.com/ Timestamps:  (00:00) Intro (02:11) book Southside Impresarios, Race women, Florence Price (05:07) racism, Florence Price, John Powell (10:50) Margaret Bonds “Troubled Water” from live performance (link to video in show notes) (15:46) Southside Impresarios, Black Chicago Renaissance, Florence Price (18:08) Wannamaker competition, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds (21:47) Nora Holt, Florence Price (30:43) Samantha's practice diaries, Avril Coleridge-Taylor piano concerto (38:03) other episodes you'll like and ways to support this series (38:56) composing, identity and confidence (41:17)the importance of storytelling, upcoming Chicago concerts, community of Black researchers (44:59) Katherine Dunham, ballet (47:05) Boston Six, Amy Beach, exclusion of Black composers (48:55) excerpt from Fantasie Nègre by Florence Price from live performance (link to video in show notes) (51:52) Chamber music album with Castle of Our Skins, Undine Smith Moore, Bongani Ndodana-Breen (55:08) Cambridge Companion to Florence Price, Rae Linda Brown, Alexandra Kori Hill (57:16) Southside Impresarios (59:56) Samantha's reflections on her career, Doreen Carwithen concerto

Randall Goosby returns to Detroit to play Florence Price with the DSO this weekend. It's a reunion with 90.9 WRCJ's Peter Whorf who heard Goosby play the Price Violin Concerto No. 2 in Amsterdam last spring.

Automated grocery prices increase depending on the shopper, Target follows suit in abandoning DEI initiatives, ICE officers issued an arrest quota, and the legacy of Florence Price - the first Black women to premiere works by a US orchestra.  NewsAutomation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You ThoughtMeet Florence Price, the first Black woman to have her work premiered by a US orchestraTarget rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreatTrump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests Follow @PodSaveThePeople on Instagram. 

The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus presents "This Soil," conducted by Arian Khaefi. The program features a stunning array of works, including Kristen Kuster's Moxie, Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Gabriela Lena Frank's Escaramuza, Gala Flagello's Bravado, Florence Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, and Leonard Bernstein's “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 39112]

The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus presents "This Soil," conducted by Arian Khaefi. The program features a stunning array of works, including Kristen Kuster's Moxie, Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Gabriela Lena Frank's Escaramuza, Gala Flagello's Bravado, Florence Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, and Leonard Bernstein's “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 39112]

No clima da data de Natal, nesta edição do Clássicos CBN, com o comentarista Helder Trefzger, vamos conhecer um pouco mais de obras clássicas ligadas a esse tema. Desde compositores com um viés mais popular, como o americano Leroy Anderson, passando pela também americana Florence Price, mulher à frente de seu tempo, a primeira compositora afro-americana a ter uma sinfonia tocada por uma grande orquestra, até o genial compositor russo Tchaikovsky e seu famoso balé O Quebra Nozes.

Rose Wollman and Dror Baitel have come together, Viola and Piano respectively, to create the new record Breaking Glass Ceilings Music by Unruly Women offering classical compositions from four women spanning the last century or so; Florence Price, Libby Larsen, … More ... The post Rose Wollman & Dror Baitel – “Breaking Glass Ceilings” appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.

A magical piano named Stein teaches Rebecca music and about the incredible life of Florence Price, the first Black female composer to have her work performed by a major symphony orchestra. Written by Sai Sion Performed by Rebecca Cunningham Produced by Tessa Flannery Executive Produced by Rebecca Cunningham Theme Song by Megan Bagala Links for the Grownups! Listen to Ghost Tour Personalized Stories Girl Tales Events Patreon Girl Tales Store Rebecca's Newsletter Facebook Instagram Buy the Girl Tales Team a Coffee Starglow Media

durée : 00:03:52 - Les portraits musicaux d'Abraham Lincoln : d'Aaron Copland à Florence Price - par : Max Dozolme - Une chronique à la découverte du seizième président des Etats-Unis, un homme d'Etat qui a marqué l'Histoire de son pays mais aussi celle de la musique puisqu'il a inspiré bon nombre d'œuvres classiques !

Soprano Karen Slack and pianist Michelle Cann have collaborated with ONEcomposer to present the album Beyond the Years, featuring 19 unpublished art songs by Florence Price. Learn more in this Classical Conversation with Mary Claire Murphy.

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. 

Philadelphia Orchestra's Principal Bassist Joseph Conyers is back as co-host as we meet a bright teen harpist whose commitment to her instrument is so strong she commutes weekly from Virginia to New York for lessons and a vibrant 12-year-old guitarist plays a fiery work by Roland Dyens and talks about his love for fishing, movies, and performing with his sisters. Peter Dugan and Joseph Conyers open the program with a moving interpretation of Florence Price's Adoration.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

On today's show, an uptick in cybercrime occurs across the region, and the targets aren't always who you'd expect. Also, Melissa Givens will offer two presentations about Florence Price and her music early next month in Fayetteville. Plus, we learn what happens when a future hall-of-fame pitcher takes the mound in Springdale.

On this week's episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,' pianist Norman Krieger talks about his latest album featuring the music of George Gershwin, recorded alongside the Prague National Symphony and conductor Neal Gittleman. Listen now!

Florence Price: Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-MollWDR 3 Meisterstücke 18.09.2022 12:44 Min. Verfügbar bis 15.09.2032 WDR 3"Ich habe zwei Handicaps: ich bin eine Frau und in meinen Adern fließt schwarzes Blut", beschrieb Florence Price ihre Rolle im amerikanischen Musikbetrieb. Geschafft hat sie es trotzdem: 1933 wurde ihre 1. Sinfonie in Chicago als erstes großes Werk einer schwarzen Komponistin von einem renommierten Orchester uraufgeführt. Von Marting Zingsheim.

Concert pianist Rebeca Omordia, has just released her second African Pianism album, volume 2, which was just named Editor's Choice in the Gramophone Magazine,  and it is a fascinating and beautiful kaleidoscope of piano works from West Africa, North Africa, South Africa and East Africa. Rebeca spoke to me about her extensive research about these composers, varied styles, and the different traditional music traditions which are often at the heart of this music.  We talked about  her experiences growing up in Romania with a Romanian mother and a Nigerian father. Now based in London, Rebeca spoke to me about The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall, and  many of her collaborations,  including with Errollyn Wallen whose  Piano Concerto,  written for Rebeca Omordia, is featured in this podcast along with excerpts from several of the works on the African Pianism album, volume 2.     Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the platforms, and I've also linked the transcript to my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/rebeca-omordia-african-pianism Rebeca Omordia website and recordings: https://www.rebecaomordia.com/recordings Original Merch for sale: https://www.leahroseman.com/beautiful-shirts-and-more Can you buy this independent podcaster a coffee? ⁠https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman⁠ Complete Catalog of Episodes: ⁠https://www.leahroseman.com/about⁠ Newsletter sign-up: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletter⁠ Linktree for social media: ⁠https://linktr.ee/leahroseman⁠ Timestamps (00:00) Intro (02:50) African Pianism, Akin Euba (05:41) Wakar Duru: Study in African Pianism number 1 by Akin Euba (10:30) childhood in Romania, deportation and return (20:50) Florence Price (22:40) excerpt from Fantaisie Nègre by Price (24:46)  encouraging women composers in Africa, Rebeca's identity in Africa (27:11) Salim Dada Algerian composer (31:14) excerpt from Soirée au Hogarr by Salim Dada (33:05) about Salim Dad's Crépuscule sur la baie d'Alger, with an excerpt (35:36) African Concert Series  (38:13) different ways you can help this podcast continue (39:06) Delius Prize, duo with Julian Lloyd Weber, book about John Ireland (42:50) duo with South African bass soloist Leon Bosch (46:36) about Errollyn Wallen's Piano Concerto (50:12) last movement of Errollyn Wallen's Piano Concerto (52:55) family legacy in music, Nigerian grandfather (57:03) experience of nerves, performing from memory (01:01:12) Ethiopian composer Girma Yifrashewa (01:03:43) excerpt from Elilta - Cry of Joy by Girma Yifrashewa (01:05:21) next projects, Omo Bello (01:07:51) childhood music exposure in Romania (01:09:41) advice about self-care photo of Rebeca Omordia: Fourchiefs Media

Gerry Bryant is a brilliant classically-trained pianist, composer, and arranger. He came from a poor inner-city Cleveland neighbourhood, and was givin an opportunity to attend the prestigious Phillips Academy, then Harvard university. He went on to get an MBA and a law degree, all the while continuing the expansion of his knowledge of different styles of music, and forming his jazz group Pocketwatch. This episode partly focuses on his Composers album, with music of Florence Price and Thomas Wiggins who was known as Blind Tom to his slave masters. Gerry reflects on how access to a musical education changed his life, and how wonderful it has been to discover and champion Black composers. One of the musicians that Gerry has collaborated with many times is the wonderful and versatile violinist Mark Cargill, whose playing is also featured in this episode.   Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast, and I've also linked the transcript to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/gerry-bryant Can you buy this podcaster a coffee to support this series? ⁠https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman⁠ Thanks! Gerry Bryant website: https://www.gerrybryant.com/music Follow me on Social Media: ⁠https://linktr.ee/leahroseman⁠ Complete Catalog of Episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/about Did you know that this podcast is in Season 4, and that I send out a weekly email newsletter where you can get access to Sneak Peeks of upcoming guests and be inspired by highlights from the archive: https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletter Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:18) The Composers album, Thomas Wiggins “Blind Tom” (08:39) Rêve Charmant by Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins performed by Gerry Bryant (17:16) blind musicians, learning by ear, Gerry Bryant first teacher Ethel Morton, going to Phillip's Academy, Albian Metcalf (23:27) inspiration and problems with comparing ourselves to great masters (29:15) Florence Price (33:18) Florence Price Piano Sonata in E minor, 2nd movement Andante, The Composers album (40:49) Florence Price (41:46) please help me keep this series going!  (42:24) violinist Mark Cargill, Florence Price (46:33) Andante con espressione by Florence Price for violin and piano Mark Cargill and Gerry Bryant  (51:08) Gerry's experience going to Phillips Academy in Andover and then Harvard (01:02:03) accissibility in arts education (01:06:42) commonalities between people in different creative disciplines like acting, music, visual art, and the importance of nurturing creative expression (01:14:12) Gerry's full life, and Pocketwatch jazz ensemble, getting a law degree and MBA (01:24:19) What Could Have Been with Pocketwatch at Kulak's  (01:31:29) the healing power of music and Gerry's volunteer work (01:41:31) entertainment lawyer, California Lawyers for the Arts, balancing his life and new album (01:53:06) Gerry's foray into acting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Today in 1887 (or, by some accounts, 1888), the birthday of a composer who's really only now getting the acclaim she deserves: Florence Price. Plus: did you know that it was a violation of iTunes terms of service to use it to build weapons? As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. (New York Times) 8 Ridiculous EULA Clauses You May Have Already Agreed To (MakeUseOf) With help from our Patreon backers we can make a symphony of new episodes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support

durée : 00:11:31 - Le Disque classique du jour du jeudi 14 mars 2024 - Dans son nouvel enregistrement, le Quatuor Ragazze interprète des œuvres de deux compositrices, Rhiannon Giddens et Florence Price, et le Quatuor à cordes « américain » n°12 d'Antonín Dvořák

durée : 01:28:58 - En pistes ! du jeudi 14 mars 2024 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - En ce jeudi matin, Emilie et Rodolphe vous proposent d'entendre les œuvres de Florence Price, Attilio Ariosti, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Francis Poulenc, mais également celles d'Alessandro Stradella, Erich Wolfgang Korngold et Antonín Dvořák. En pistes !

We continue our celebration of Women's History month with American classical pianist and trailblazing cultural activist Lara Downes who captivates audiences with brilliant performances highlighting the rich contributions of underrepresented females and Black composers. Lara talks with David about this musical mission and how it stems from personal experiences, which she reckoned with in her early twenties. Reflecting on her "freakishly good" sight reading skills from an early age, Lara describes the "creepy" piano in her childhood basement, how her dad infused her ear with Jazz, and her trick for passing the time while she practiced. She also discusses the joyful discovery of Florence Price's music, the mutual communication that happens when she is performing, and how she discovered she was a New York Times crossword clue.Check out Lara Downes on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, or the web.Follow Speaking Soundly on Instagram.Follow David on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram and the web.Photograph of Lara Downes by Max Barrett.The Speaking Soundly theme song is composed by Joseph Saba/Stewart Winter and used by permission of Videohelper.Speaking Soundly was co-created by David Krauss and Jessica Handelman. This interview has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2024 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you enjoy this show and would like to help me spread the word about it, or support it financially, you can find out more at nuancespod.com/supportGUEST BIOEr-Gene is a Korean-American violinist and college professor who lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As an immigrant, she was always interested in assimilation as a survival strategy until she discovered Florence Price, the first Black American woman composer whose compositions were performed by major symphony orchestras. Since then, she has championed Price's music and continues to investigate ways classical music can participate in global conversations around diversity, social justice, and equity.. Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn | Web MENTIONEDFlorence PriceEr-Gene Kahng performing Florence Price's concertosRandall GoosbyDoenjang JjigaeTAKEAWAYSPeople from so-called progressive states like California often make assumptions about the South but fail to realize the same issues exist at home.Exposure to classical music early and ability to afford lessons is a key determinant of one's chances of making it into an orchestra. Diversity efforts need to start there.History is far from static because it only shows the perspective of those who wrote it. Whose perspective might have been left out?To be in community is not only to receive, but also to give back. CONTACTInstagram | TikTok | Web | LinkedIn | TwitterHost: Lazou --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nuancespod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nuancespod/support

Raymond Bisha introduces a new album of works for string quartet by Florence Price and Leo Sowerby, who were both prominent members of the Chicago music community in the 1930s and 1940s. Most of Florence Price's compositions remained unpublished at her death, and her String Quartet in A minor was not performed in her lifetime. Her Five Folksongs in Counterpoint entwine and enrich the famous melodies with African American vernacular idioms and colourful harmony, while Sowerby's String Quartet in G minor reveals music undeserving of its decades of obscurity in the Avalon Quartet's world premiere recording of the work.

SynopsisToday marks the birth in 1913 of American composer Margaret Bonds. Her mother was a church musician in Chicago; her father was a physician and one of the founders of a medical association for Black physicians denied membership in the American Medical Association.One of the visitors to Bonds' childhood home was composer Florence Price, with whom she studied composition. At 16, Bonds became one of the few Black students enrolled at Northwestern University, although she was not allowed to live on campus. At the 1933 World's Fair, Bonds performed Price's Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony, becoming the first African-American woman soloist to appear with a major American orchestra.After earning her master's degree, she moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School. She met and became a close friend of poet Langston Hughes, with whom she collaborated on many projects.Bonds wrote about 200 works, but only 47 were published during her lifetime, and only about 75 of her scores are known today. The rest exist as privately held manuscripts scattered all over the country.One of her best-known works is Troubled Water, a solo piano fantasia on the spiritual “Wade in the Water.”Music Played in Today's ProgramMargaret Bonds (1913-1972): ‘Troubled Water'; Joel Fan, piano; Reference Recordings RR-119

"The greatest lesson that I learned as a gig singer is that your career and reputation are built one chance at a time. You get one chance and one chance only. If I want people to go out on a limb for me and recommend me for a gig, then I have to make sure that I'm protecting their reputation as well as my own. That starts with never being late, always being prepared, and almost never missing a note." Dr. Stephen Caldwell is Associate Professor and Outgoing Chair of the Faculty Senate at the University of Arkansas. He is a nationally recognized conducting pedagogue and scholar, in demand as a clinician, conductor, and composer. At Arkansas, he conducts the nationally renowned Schola Cantorum, teaches the undergraduate sequence in conducting technique, graduate conducting lessons, and the graduate sequence in Choral History and Literature. Since his arrival in 2012, he has twice been awarded the Associated Student Government's “Top 10 Most Outstanding Faculty Award," he has received “The Golden Tusk” from the Division of Student affairs, he is a 4-time Outstanding Mentor, the inaugural recipient of the Paul Cronan Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology and was named one of the “Top 10 Artistic People to Watch” in Northwest Arkansas.Under his direction and leadership, the Schola Cantorum has become one of the leading collegiate choirs in America, appearing at numerous conferences of NCCO, SWACDA, and ArkCDA, while touring internationally to the Republic of Serbia, Belgium, Germany, and Puerto Rico, and collecting more than half a million views on YouTube.He has conducted more than 40 works with orchestra and has prepared choirs for performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Delaware Symphony, Arkansas Philharmonic, and the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. He has presented interest sessions at multiple regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Collegiate Choral Organization and was an ACDA International Conducting Exchange Fellow in Kenya. He has conducted District, Region and All-State choirs across the country and his original, multi award-winning compositions and arrangements are performed throughout the world. Dr. Caldwell holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado, two Master of Music Degrees from Temple University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University.To get in touch with Stephen, you can email him at stephenc@uark.edu. You can find him on X (@DrC_UArk) or Instagram (@stephen_caldwell). Visit the University of Arkansas Choirs YouTube page for more information about the UArk Choirs: @uofascholacantorum .Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 3 episode from February 16, 2024, to hear how to share your story with us. Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace HudsonRecording: "Weathers" performed by University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum from the album Wander-Thirst: The Choral Music of Florence Price

Jess Gillam meets violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music.Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is a proud new music advocate – he's performed world premieres of works by composers including Kaija Saariaho and Augusta Read Thomas. His debut album IMPULSE was released in 2022 and he's performed with orchestras including London Mozart Players. His musical picks include works by Florence Price, reggae singer Koffee, and Benjamin Britten, whilst Jess has chosen a classic Radiohead track and Stokowski's take on Bach.PLAYLIST:FLORENCE PRICE – String Quartet No 2 in A minor (3rd mvt, Juba) [Catalyst Quartet] FANNY MENDELSSOHN - Schluss [Heather Schmidt (piano)] PALACE – Live Well JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI – Passacaglia And Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)] KOFFEE – Toast RADIOHEAD – House of Cards BENJAMIN BRITTEN – Night Piece “Notturno” [Stephen Hough (piano)]

durée : 01:28:41 - En pistes ! du vendredi 16 février 2024 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Emilie et Rodolphe vous proposent de terminer la semaine aux côtés de Georg Friedrich Haendel, Florence Price, Philip Glass, Franz Schubert, mais également Matthew Locke, Georges Enesco et Joseph Haydn. En pistes !

Born in Arkansas in 1887, Florence Price overcame the odds to eventually become the first Black woman recognized as a symphonic composer and the first to have her compositions played by a major orchestra.This month, the all-female orchestra Her Time 20xx honors Price with the “Florence Price – Snapshots of My Soul” concert at the Newark United Methodist Church on Sunday, February 18th at 3pm.In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media's Karl Lengel talks with Her Time 20xx director and conductor Rosaria Macera about the concert and Florence Price's legacy.

SynopsisA remarkable shift of focus in music history occurred in the latter part of the 20th century when performers and musicologists began turning their attention to neglected works by women composers of the past and present. Composers such as Hildegard von Bingen, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke and Florence Price began to receive the attention they deserved.Much work remains to be done on this front, however.Take the case of Monserrate Ferrer Otero, also known as Monsita Ferrer, born in San Juan on this date in 1885. She began playing the piano at an early age and later pursued composition studies in New York. She was one of Puerto Rico's first professional woman composers and in 1956 served as an adviser in the planning of its Conservatory of Music. Although enjoying success during her lifetime, only a few of her works are still performed today. This slow waltz, Bajo el Oro del Crepúsculo (or Under the Gold of Twilight) was dedicated to fellow travelers aboard the luxury liner Victoria Luisa.A string quartet and most of her other vocal and piano works remain unpublished long after Ferrer‘s death in 1966.Music Played in Today's ProgramMonserrate Ferrer Otero (1885-1966) Bajo el Oro del Crepúsculo (Vals lento); Kimberly Davis, p. from album ‘La Ondina: Una Colección de Música Puertorriqueña para Piano'

durée : 00:25:10 - Florence Price, Symphonie n°1 - par : Anne-Charlotte Rémond - L'oeuvre, créée le 15 juin 1933 par l'Orchestre Symphonique de Chicago, est la première symphonie composée par une femme africaine-américaine. - réalisé par : Philippe Petit

Anyone who's had the pleasure of seeing violinist Rachel Barton Pine perform live knows this is a musician who gives every performance her all. What many people will likely not know is how much that mesmerizing stage presence is informed and inspired by her love of heavy metal music. "[In heavy metal], there's this 150% commitment to feeling the music and sharing it with the person farthest away in the venue," Pine shares on the latest episode of the Classical Post podcast. "That's something I try to do whether I'm playing things that are really bombastic or things that are perfectly calm. ... For me, sharing is what it all comes down to — knowing that I've done everything I can to share the most music with the most people." Sharing a lot of music with a lot of people has been a throughline of Pine's career. Besides performing the standards of the violin repertoire, Pine has made it her mission for more than two decades to shine a light on music by underrepresented composers. Last year she released the 25th anniversary edition of her seminal album, Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries — a collection of works for violin and orchestra by Florence Price, Joseph Bologne, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and José White Lafitte.  The overwhelming response to that album — produced long before classical music's concerted push for more diverse programming — inspired her to launch the Music by Black Composers initiative in 2001, which has not only collected more than 900 works by 450 composers of African descent, but also produced a variety of free educational resources so music lovers of all ages can access this incredible music. In this episode, Pine and I talk more about the album and the impact of historical discrimination on the violin repertoire. Plus, she shares how finding a sense of purpose as a violinist fuels her energy and creativity, that time she heard authentic tango music in Uruguay, and her favorite place in New York City for vegan Italian food. Listen to Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries on Spotify, Apple Music, Idagio, or wherever you stream music. — ⁠⁠Classical Post⁠⁠® is a leading podcast based in New York. Our content uncovers the creativity behind exceptional music through dynamic deep-dive interviews with prominent artists in the world today. We are powered by ⁠⁠Gold Sound Media⁠⁠® — a creative studio providing omnichannel marketing and public relations services for the classical music industry.

SynopsisThe American composer Florence Price wrote three symphonies in all. Her Symphony No. 1 was premiered by the Chicago Symphony in 1933 and marked the first time a composition by an African-American woman was played by a major American orchestra. The score for her second symphony is lost. Her third symphony, commissioned by the WPA Federal Music Project, was premiered on today's date in 1940 by the Detroit Civic Orchestra.Price was born in 1887, in Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three children in a mixed-race family. Her mother was a music teacher who guided Florence's early musical training. At age 14, she enrolled in the New England Conservatory of Music, where she pretended to be Mexican to avoid the Ivy League racial prejudice of that time.After teaching in the South, Price moved to Chicago in 1927, where she became acquainted with the writer Langston Hughes and contralto Marian Anderson, both prominent figures in the African-American arts scene, who both helped promote Price's music.Price died in 1953. After decades of neglect, early 21st century performances and recordings of her works have helped revive interest in her life and career.Music Played in Today's ProgramFlorence Price (1887 – 1953) Symphony No. 3; Women's Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, cond. Koch 7518-2

The Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin continue their pioneering project to revive neglected music by Black American composers. Their latest recording, set for digital release by Deutsche Grammophon out today, captures Florence Price's Symphony No. 4 and William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony. Listeners have the chance to sample movements from both works ahead of the album's full release, with the “Juba” from Price's Fourth Symphony and “O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!” from the Negro Folk Symphony also out now.Track Listing:1 Price: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: I. Tempo moderato 15:542 II. Andante cantabile 07:183 III. Juba. Allegro 05:244 IV. Scherzo. Allegro 05:165 Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony: I. The Bond of Africa (Live) 12:576 II. Hope in the Night 13:397 III. O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Jason McLure, a correspondent for a new investigative reporting outfit called The Examination, and reporter Jude Chan, who writes for Initium Media. The two worked with two other reporters on a fascinating expose, funded by the Pulitzer Center, of China's tobacco monopoly, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (or China Tobacco), and how it has managed to be both the biggest seller of tobacco in the world — and also the effective regulator of tobacco laws in China.06:41 – The origins and mission of The Examination 09:24 – An overview of the tobacco industry in China 12:17 – What is the true power China Tobacco holds in the Chinese tobacco industry?14:34 – The history and inner workings of China Tobacco20:30 – China Tobacco - a manufacturer or a regulator?28:42 – The current situation of anti-smoking advocacy in China31:47 – The role of smoking in the Chinese culture and the gender discrepancy within the custom of smoking39:09 – How does China Tobacco manage to prevent the implementation of smoking bans in Chinese cities?48:07 – What was the reason behind the faltering of promising initiatives regarding smoking control?55:33 – The approach of Chinese youth towards the unequal fight with China Tobacco?A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Jude: Zhang Chunqiao: 1949 and Beyond by Zheng ZhongJason: Top Boy (British crime drama on Netflix)Kaiser: The music of Florence Price, and especially Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 3 recorded by the Philadelphia OrchestraSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike Smith welcomes Julia Tai, Music Director of Missoula Symphony to The Lunchbox . The  new season for Missoula Symphony kicks off with "Struggle & Triumph" September 23rd & 24th at the Dennison Theatre in Missoula.  This will be an evening of power, emotion, and triumph, featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha Overture, which draws inspiration from the 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by American Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Hiawatha Overture also draws inspiration from the soundtrack to Rachmaninoff's journey out of depression and darkness, and ascension into true joy, performed by rising star pianist, Charlie Albright. The evening concludes with Florence Price's Symphony No. 3 in C minor, which was commissioned and composed at the height of the Great Depression and expresses stylistic themes at times reminiscent of Wagner, and at other times, Shostakovich.Celebrate resilience, triumph, and true expressions of the human spirit through this collection of inspiring music!Tickets available at: missoulasymphony.org

Sphinx Virtuosi – Songs for Our Times (Deutsche Grammophon) New Classical Tracks - Andre Dowell, Sphinx Virtuosi by “My role with the organization as the chief of artist engagement is to really understand the talent that is out there and to be able to recruit the musicians who perform with the Sphinx Virtuosi,” Andre Dowell says. “Community engagement, in terms of how they are engaging their community, not just the youth, but also their audiences and educating them about our mission, which is transforming life through the power of diversity in the arts.”For the past 15 years, Dowell has watched the Sphinx Organization evolve as it strives for and achieves that mission. One way in which it's doing that is with a professional, self-conducted touring ensemble of 18 members made up of freelance musicians and professors at universities. That ensemble is Sphinx Virtuosi, which has just released its debut recording, Songs for Our Times.“Over the past couple of years, we've had the great opportunity to have our programs be comprised solely of musicians who are Black or Latino. Because of that, we really wanted to have an album out that represented not only the Sphinx Organization, but the Sphinx Virtuosi. One thing that you'll find with our debut album is that every composer is a composer of color.”Why is this title, Songs for Our Times, so significant?“Songs for Our Times really digs into composers that we've worked with in the past, celebrating artists and composers who have paved the way. We talk about Florence Price, for example. We talk about Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman, Carlos Simon, and we have a great arrangement of Beethoven's Bridgetower by Rubén Rengel. Songs for Our Times goes into the past, the rich history of the Sphinx organization, and explores how that intertwines with the composers of today.The album opens with Global Warming, by Michael Abels, who won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Can you talk about the history of this piece and why it fits in so well with this debut recording?“This piece really inspired us to feature Michael Abels as a composer. This piece just captures so perfectly what it means to be in this world today and going through COVID-19 and the pandemic. And what you'll find on the CD is George Floyd in the aftermath of that, in terms of what it means to reflect in this world today.” Watch on YouTubeThere's an unusual time signature in the piece by Ricardo Hertz. It's called Sisyphus in the Big City. Why do we have this 25/16 time signature?“It is great. And if you listen to the music enough, you'll be able to understand and feel the rhythmic structure of it. We have the great opportunity to play this piece in Brazil with Ricardo himself. It's something that requires a lot of communication in terms of being able to play that type of time signatures while also keeping the groove.”Valerie Coleman's two-movement piece, Tracing Visions, is on this recording, and each of the movements is so powerful. Would you share the story behind them?“The first movement we talk about Emmett Till and other victims of domestic violence or terrorism, if you will. It's a remembrance of those times. And it ends with the second movement, which means power and is a celebration of where we have come in our society. And she takes this motif and really expands it to uplift the work that has been done, and that we continue to do, and the fight that we continue to have in our society.” Listen on YouTubeTo 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.ResourcesSphinx Virtuosi – Songs for Our Times (Amazon)Sphinx Virtuosi – Songs for Our Times (Deutsche Grammophon)Sphinx Virtuosi (official site)

In 2018, Douglas Shadle tweeted about systemic discrimination in American orchestral programming. His thread went viral, and he soon found himself doing what became known, around then, as public musicology. In this conversation, he talks about presenting his work outside the academy through advocating for marginalized composers, and what the Florence Price revival has meant for his scholarship (and, more troublingly, how Schirmer's acquisition of her music may actually prevent it from being heard). Douglas Shadle is associate professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University.Show notes and more over at soundexpertise.org!Questions? Thoughts? Email soundexpertise00@gmail.com or tag Will on Instagram/Twitter @seatedovation 

Michelle Cann – Revival: Music of Price and Bonds (Curtis Studio)Pianist Michelle Cann has had a pretty incredible journey. Her path into the world of piano led her to the Cleveland Institute and the Curtis Institute of Music, which is where she teaches. In 2022, she was the recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence. Now, her journey goes down another life-changing path with the release of her debut recording, Revival: Music of Price and Bonds.“Growing up, I didn't play any music by any Black composers other than church music. Nothing in the classical field was really ever assigned to me. I wasn't really aware of anyone except for Scott Joplin,” Cann says. “And it wasn't until 2016 that I was introduced to the Florence Price Piano Concerto and I was asked to play it. I'd never heard of her, never heard of the piece, and I read through it. You can only imagine that moment and put yourself in my shoes. I've never been aware of somebody like her in this field.“And I remember, at that point, I was reading her story. I was looking for anything I could find about her. I was looking to see, ‘What else did she write?' And then one of the things that was out there at that time was her piano sonata. How have I never heard of this piano sonata? I'm a pianist!“I remember exactly where I was, sitting at the piano in my apartment at the time, and I was reading through it and there were tears going down my eyes. One of the most beautiful things ever written for piano is the second movement of that piano sonata. And I called my mother and I was emotional and my mom was getting emotional because I asked myself, ‘How could they deny this woman her place in history? Why did no one know to share this with me?'“It was from there that I came across Margaret Bonds. I read that Margaret Bonds was actually one of Florence Price's most successful students. They met because Price moved to Chicago alone. She moved from Little Rock, Arkansas. She had kids, was divorced and had no connections. She was just starting to make them. And one of them was with the Bonds family. They actually took her in.“And Margaret Bond, of course, had her own story. She went on to become a great composer and pianist, and she premiered many of Florence Price's works as a performer. She didn't write as much for solo piano, not like Price. One of her most influential and important works is the Spiritual Suite, which is on this album. I had to include the suite because it is just so great what she does with these spirituals.”What do you feel like you personally bring to their music as a pianist?“I feel that I am on this journey with these composers, and the final thing I feel is a huge sense of pride. I feel so honored to be one of the conduits of their story.“So being part of this rediscovery and excitement about their story and their music and their voice in America that is everything to me. And when I perform their music, I perform it with that knowledge and that pride.“Because if I can do anything with this album, it's to share this music with the world. These women deserve a place in the canon of great American classical music.” Spiritual Suite: I. Valley of the BonesTo 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.ResourcesMichelle Cann – Revival: Music of Price and Bonds (Curtis Studio)Michelle Cann (official site)

The recording is an impressive collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning partnership of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra cementing Goosby's ever-growing stature as a multifaceted talent. Building on his debut album Roots (2021), which celebrated Black classical composers, this album showcases the trailblazing composer Florence Price and German romantic composer and conductor Max Bruch.Track Listing:1 Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 / I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato2 II. Adagio3 III. Finale: Allegro energico4 Florence B. Price: Adoration arr. Jim Gray5 Florence B. Price: Violin Concerto No.1 in D / I. Tempo moderato6 II. Andante7 III. Allegro8 Florence B. Price: Violin Concerto No.2 15.52Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.comThis album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Randall Goosby with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin — Max Bruch & Florence Price Violin Concertos (Decca) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Randall Goosby by “This whole season, since January, I've been performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto,” violinist Randall Goosby says. “I actually hadn't performed it with an orchestra prior to that. It's been a fun exploration of the piece from the stage.” He recently had a week off from touring and was out running errands in New York City. That's what he was up to when he pulled over to the side of the road to talk about his new recording with Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, featuring violin concertos by Florence Price and Max Bruch. More From Randall Goosby 2021 PT Young Artist in Residence: Randall Goosby 2021 Violinist Randall Goosby finds inspiration in his heritage 2022 Listen to 2021 PT Young Artist Randall Goosby's Tiny Desk Concert How did this collaboration with Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra evolve? “It was one of those things where I just couldn't say no to it. I had been wanting to continue my exploration of Price's music after my first album, Roots, came out, so I was thrilled at the invitation. I then spent all of last summer really diving into both the Price concerti. “To make this recording with a conductor and an orchestra that have been dedicated and passionate champions of Price's story, not just her music, was really special. It was a privilege that I'll always look back upon with great gratitude.” What about Price's Violin Concerto No. 1 resonates with you?  “One of the things that I think is very special about the Violin Concerto No. 1 is that it's modeled after the warhorse that is Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. It quickly becomes an example of what makes American music what it is, and that is the combining of influences from all over the place. “The piece presented her with an opportunity to shed a new light on some of the themes that Tchaikovsky laid out. I mean, Tchaikovsky had to go through some great challenges of his own at the time. But there were challenges that he had to go through that Price probably couldn't relate to. And there were certainly challenges that Price experienced and had to overcome that Tchaikovsky could never have conveyed in his music. And so I think it presents a unique opportunity to look at these two very different artists under the same spotlight.” Price's Violin Concerto No. 2 is made up of a single movement. What are we learning about her in this piece? “There's a lot of athletics; there's a lot of very quick moving notes and very fleeting harmonies that keep you on the edge of your seat — until suddenly it gives way to the richest, chocolatiest and soulful singing quality found in some of those andante sections that are laced in between the athleticism. In terms of the structure of the piece, she just changed things up and went against the grain.” Why did you decide to pair these two works with Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1? “I fell in love with the violin because of music like the violin concerti by Bruch, Mendelssohn and Brahms, not because of the Price concerti. But the Price concerti have injected new life to me in terms of having some sort of a guiding purpose behind a lot of my programing.” Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major - I. Tempo moderato 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. Giveaway Time For Three New Classical Tracks 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 Randall Goosby — Max Bruch & Florence Price Violin Concertos (Amazon) Randall Goosby — Max Bruch & Florence Price Violin Concertos (Decca) Randall Goosby (official site)

This week on Cultural Manifesto, an hour of words and music with the classical music pianist, and arts activist Lara Downes. She'll be performing the Florence Price piano concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra later this month. Downes has become a significant advocate for African American voices in classical music. She's the host and creator of Amplify, an NPR series that features Downes in conversation with a wide range of Black musicians. She's also creator and curator of Rising Sun Music, a recording label that focuses on the work of historic and contemporary Black composers. 

Synopsis On today's date in 1887, Florence Beatrice Smith was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She would grow up to be the first African-American woman to win widespread recognition as a symphonic composer. All that happened under her married name: Florence Price. Price studied at the New England Conservatory, with the noted American composers Frederick Converse and George Whitefield Chadwick, but settled in Chicago. In 1933, the Chicago Symphony premiered her First Symphony. In 1940, her Third Symphony premiered in Detroit, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who was in Detroit that week, was so impressed by a rehearsal of Price's symphony that she altered her schedule to stay for that evening's performance, and even wrote about it in her newspaper column, “My Day.” And speaking of Eleanor Roosevelt, on today's date in 1939, which fell on Easter Sunday that year, the First Lady and then Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes arranged for the famous African-American contralto, Marion Anderson, to perform a free, open-air recital at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 75,000 people attended. Marion Anderson admired Florence Price's work, and sang some of Florence Price's songs, including Songs to the Dark Virgin, a setting of a text by Langston Hughes. Music Played in Today's Program Florence Price (1887 – 1953) Symphony No. 3 The Women's Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, conductor. Koch 7518