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Barbershop quartet to perform at St. Mary's On Feb. 15, the acapella quartet Heartfelt, consisting of members of the Westchester Harmony chorus, will perform at St. Mary's Church in Cold Spring. Beacon resident Scott Kruse is substituting to sing baritone, which insiders call the "junk notes" because they sound almost unmusical when performed solo. The tones are "integral to the overall chord, but hearing them alone is rough sledding," says Bill Kruse, Heartfelt's lead singer and Scott's father. Traditional barbershop repertoire consists of popular songs from more than a century ago, like "Sweet Adeline," "Hello! Ma Baby" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon." Heartfelt will deliver some comedy, lead sing-a-longs and perform numbers appropriate for Valentine's Day. The spelling of "Ma Baby" hints at the genre's roots in minstrelsy, where white performers corked up their faces and caricatured Black people, a portrayal perpetuated by Hollywood through the 1950s. Early barbershoppers appropriated the style from Black singers who secularized four-part gospel harmony. Louis Armstrong sang in a New Orleans quartet and ragtime composer Scott Joplin's 1910 opera Treemonisha includes a barbershop number, "We Will Rest a While." The groups that recorded in the late 1890s and early 1900s, like the Edison and the Haydn quartets, "got to do so because they were white," says Brian Lynch of the Nashville-based Barbershop Harmony Society. "The Black groups couldn't get that kind of exposure." Then came the porkpie hats, red vests, maybe a mustache and always the cornpone humor. The style is characterized by a tenor pitched above the melody (or lead). The bass nails down the low end and the baritone fills in the mid-range notes. Chords are held for emphasis, notes are bent, repeated and inverted to create sounds that can be stirring. In 1938, toward the end of the Great Depression, a group of singers in Tulsa formed the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, known by the awkward acronym SPEBSQUA, which lampooned federal New Deal agencies. After a stint in Wisconsin, the organization moved to Nashville in 2007 and became the Barbershop Harmony Society a year later. "There's a lot of experimentation going on" in the genre, says Lynch, but at competitions, the society enforces rules regarding the number of seventh notes that must be sung. Known as the "blue note," the seventh emphasizes a half-step drop of pitch from the keynote and is the genre's signature sound. The Westchester group dates to 1953. Like many other ensembles, it has performed concerts dedicated to the Beatles, Broadway, the music of the 1960s and composers associated with the Great American Songbook. For a traditional style of music, things are in flux. Known as the Westchester Chordsmen for many years, Westchester Harmony rebranded last year and began accepting women as members following the Barbershop Harmony Society's lead in 2018, Lynch says. Today about 20 percent of the 650 choruses in North America include women (along with seven of Westchester Harmony's 55 singers). Beyond tight harmonies and corny humor, barbershop choruses are known for constant and consistent recruiting. "We're always looking for voices," says Bill Kruse. "The beauty of being among a lot of singers is that you can easily blend in, but if you're in a quartet and someone hits a wrong bass note, it's easy to identify the culprit. The beauty of the larger group is that anyone can sing this style of music, and it's fun." St. Mary's Church is located at 1 Chestnut St. in Cold Spring. The free concert, which is part of the ongoing Music at St. Mary's series, begins at 2 p.m.

Today on Midday on the Arts, a rare, Reconstruction-era masterpiece by the groundbreaking African American composer Scott Joplin is on stage at Morgan State University. Opera@Morgan artistic director Marquita Lister tells us about Treemonisha. Plus, the violin virtuoso Qing Lee of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra joins Midday to preview her appearance at Emmanuel Church tomorrow night at Emmanuel Church.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Kalena Bovell, a candidate for Salisbury Symphony Music Director, will lead the orchestra in a program called "Musical Inspirations." Bovell made her professional debut as the Chicago Sinfonietta's Assistant Conductor in 2015 and has led performances at the BBC Proms and the Kennedy Center. She also recently had her opera debut at Volcano Theatre where she led a reimagined production of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha making her the first black woman to conduct opera in Canada. On this episode of Piedmont Arts, Bovell talks about discovering her love of conducting and about becoming a poet. Learn more about Salisbury Symphony's Musical Inspirations Pictured: Kalena Bovell by Jamie Pratt Photos.

SynopsisT.J. Anderson was the first Black composer to hold the title of composer-in-residence with an American symphony orchestra. That was in Atlanta, when Robert Shaw was the music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. For Atlanta, Anderson orchestrated Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha, resulting in the first full staging of that 1911 work, about 60 years after it was written, a performance that was broadcast on NPR in 1972. In addition to orchestrating Joplin's opera, Anderson wrote a few of his own, including Soldier Boy and Walker, which was based on the life of David Walker, an anti-slavery activist.One of Anderson's concert works, Squares, was premiered on today's date in 1966 by the Oklahoma Symphony and later recorded by the Baltimore Symphony for inclusion in a now-classic set of recordings issued by Columbia Records in 1970, The Black Composer Series.Squares is abstract and modernist, perhaps reflecting Anderson's academic background of composition studies at the esteemed Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and with French composer Darius Milhaud at the Aspen School of Music. Before his retirement in 1990, Anderson also taught composition at several universities from Massachusetts to California.Music Played in Today's ProgramT.J. Anderson (b. 1928): Squares (Baltimore Symphony, Paul Freeman, cond.) Sony 86215

Walter Green talks about Carbondale history, segregation, and growing up in Southern Illinois. Mr. Green remembers professor London Branch and the story of how he brought Scott Joplin's opera, Treemonisha, to Southern Illinois University in 1972. Walter Green and archivist Walter Ray organized the 50-year anniversary of that performance.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1039, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wait Watchers 1: On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams "Star Wars" flick, 12 days before it opened. The Force Awakens. 2: U.K. fans braved frigid climes in 2015, hoping this E.L. James film adaptation would raise their temperature. Fifty Shades of Grey. 3: Tom Felton, AKA Draco Malfoy, brought pizza to some campers who came to see this final film in the Potter franchise. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. 4: Fans queued in L.A. in 2008 not to see a movie but rather to catch a glimpse of stars R-Patz and K-Stew from this soon-to-be hit. Twilight. 5: Churches around America bought out entire screenings of this 2004 epic that opened on Ash Wednesday. Passion of the Christ. Round 2. Category: 1850s Hits 1: 1854 song Stephen Foster wrote for his wife Jane before their marriage became a nightmare. "I Dream of Jeanie". 2: "I gave my love a cherry that had no stone, I gave my love" one of these "that had no bone". chicken. 3: Wagner wrote it as part of Lohengrin which premiered in 1850, and brides have been walking to it ever since. "The Wedding March". 4: According to the song "Good Night Ladies", "Merrily we" do this "o'er the deep blue sea". roll along. 5: This gondolier favorite, written in 1850, glorifies Saint Lucy. "Santa Lucia". Round 3. Category: Black America 1: In 1996 People Magazine named this "Courage Under Fire" star "The Sexiest Man Alive". Denzel Washington. 2: When he retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, Clarence Thomas was appointed to his seat. Thurgood Marshall. 3: Duke Ellington first gained national attention while appearing at this famous Harlem nightclub. the Cotton Club. 4: His ragtime opera "Treemonisha" didn't have its first full performance until 1972. Scott Joplin. 5: This "Beloved" author was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931. Toni Morrison. Round 4. Category: Dumb Answers 1: As the saying goes, do this to "me once, shame on you"; do this to "me twice, shame on me". fool me. 2: Opposite of keen, it's often found compared to "dishwater". dull. 3: This compound avian term says you don't have one single idea in your tiny mind. birdbrain. 4: It rhymes with a synonym for "fast", but describes a person empty of interest or originality. vapid. 5: Also a Jethro Tull album title, this 4-word rhyming phrase includes a building material. thick as a brick. Round 5. Category: Plastics 1: In July 1988 Soviet Olympic Committee head Yuri Titov was issued the 1st "Sovcard", one of these. credit card (Visa Card). 2: In 1868 John W. Hyatt created the 1st "celluloid" to replace ivory balls used in this sport. billiards. 3: In 1988 this Danish "city" made out of little plastic bricks celebrated its 20th anniversary. Legoland. 4: Groucho Marx once quipped that a woman "got her good looks from her father--he's" this kind of physician. a plastic surgeon. 5: The word plastic comes from the Greek "plastikos", meaning it has this quality. shapeable. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Aujourd'hui, je reçois Rick Odums, danseur, chorégraphe et enseignant. Ce texan est entré dans la danse auprès de Patsy Swayze. C'est dans le mythique Broadway qu'il construira son parcours d'interprète (soliste dans Treemonisha de Scott Joplin), de chorégraphe (le plus jeune de Broadway à cette époque) et de professeur en cofondant le Broadway Dance Center. A Paris, il fera de l'ancien studio « le Paris Centre », le centre de formation Rick Odums. Pour lui, le Jazz n'est pas un style mais une culture qui ne transige pas avec la technique. On l'écoute avec joie, Cet enregistrement a été réalisé en janvier 2020. C'était encore le temps de la danse rue de Clichy. Les studios de Rick à Pantin sont désormais fermés.

Joplin earned the nickname king of ragtime, but his work in opera is lesser known. He never finished “Treemonisha.” Now, a composer has written a new adaptation of the opera.

This week we talk about Hillary attending the Rainbow Railroad Freedom Party, Hillary's trip to Italy, Hillary's Black Carpet interviews for Black opera Treemonisha and more about... Hillary. As always like, comment, subscribe, rate and review for more Blacklantic!

The famous ragtime composer Scott Joplin penned an opera titled “Treemonisha” in 1911, but he never lived to see it performed. After his death, the work was considered a ‘lost opera,' but now, a century after his passing, it's being performed in Toronto. Writer, producer and podcast host Leah-Simone Bowen has reimagined “Treemonisha” for 2023. She tells Tom why Joplin's opera was innovative for its time, and how she decided to adapt it for a modern audience.

During his life, Scott Joplin said that people would not appreciate his music until 50 years after his death. And he wasn't wrong, though now he's often called the king of ragtime writers. Research: "Man causes tens of thousands of dollars in damage to Scott Joplin House." St. Louis Post-Dispatch [St. Louis, MO], 4 Oct. 2022, p. A1. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A721049996/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a37ef18c. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023. "Scott Joplin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631003443/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=e60386d7. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023. "Scott Joplin." Notable Black American Men, Book II, edited by Jessie Carney Smith, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1622000255/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=4d8ac701. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023. "Scott Joplin." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Online, Gale, 2013. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2419200616/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=4e235f3d. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023. Albrecht, Theodore. “Joplin, Scott,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 22, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/joplin-scott. Ames, Eric. “Scott Joplin's “Great Crush Collision March” and the Memorialization of a Marketing Spectacle.” The Baylor Digital Collections Blog. 4/19/2012. https://blogs.baylor.edu/digitalcollections/2012/04/19/scott-joplin%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgreat-crush-collision-march-and-the-memorialization-of-a-marketing-spectacle/ Baumann, Timothy et al. “Interpreting Uncomfortable History at the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri.” The Public Historian , Vol. 33, No. 2 (Spring 2011). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/tph.2011.33.2.37 Berlin, Ed. “Scott Joplin - the man and his music.” The Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival. https://www.scottjoplin.org/joplin-biography.html Berlin, Edward A. “King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era.” 2nd Oxford University press. 2016. Clark, Philip. “Scott Joplin's ragtime gets its dues.” The Guardian. 1/22/2014. https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jan/22/scott-joplin-ragtime-josh-rifkin-the-sting Gross, Klaus-Dieter. “The Politics of Scott Joplin's ‘Treemonisha.'” Amerikastudien / American Studies , 2000, Vol. 45, No. 3 (2000). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41157951 Kjemtrup, Inge. “Scott Joplin and the history of ragtime.” Pianist. 10/8/2020. https://www.pianistmagazine.com/blogs/scott-joplin-and-the-history-of-ragtime/ Vadukul, Alex. “The Forgotten Entertainer Rag.” New York Times. 5/24/2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/nyregion/remembering-scott-joplin.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Season Six debuts with a feature of Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. Bridging the gap between the Reconstruction era and the early 20th century, Scott Joplin and his ragtime music became a genre-defining cultural phenomenon. In this episode, our co-hosts trace Joplin's musical cultivation, which led him to position ragtime as an extension of the romantic stylings of classical music, as evidenced through the storyline and compositional makeup of his opera, Treemonisha.Featured Music:Houston Grand Opera OrchestraHouston Grand Opera ChorusMIDI re-creation from original piano scroll recorded by Scott JoplinSupport the show

Synopsis Late in 2013, the musical world was gearing up to celebrate the 70th birthday of British composer John Tavener, but sadly he died, so his 70th birthday, which fell on today's date in 2014, became a memorial tribute instead. Tavener had suffered from ill health throughout his life: a stroke in his thirties, heart surgery and the removal of a tumor in his forties, and two subsequent heart attacks. In his early twenties, Tavener became famous in 1968 with his avant-garde cantata entitled The Whale, based loosely on the Old Testament story of Jonah. That work caught the attention of one of The Beatles, and a recording of it was released on The Beatles' own Apple label. Tavener converted to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977, and his music became increasingly spiritual. Millions who watched TV coverage of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, were deeply moved by his “Song for Athene,” which was performed to telling effect as Diana's casket left Westminster Abbey. Taverner was knighted in 2000, becoming Sir John Tavener In 2003, Tavener's Ikon of Eros, commissioned for the Centennial of the Minnesota Orchestra, and premiered at St. Paul's Cathedral—the one in St. Paul, Minnesota, that is, not the one in London—and Tavener came to Minnesota for the event. Music Played in Today's Program Sir John Tavener (1944-2013) Ikon of Eros Jorja Fleezanis, vn; Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Orchestra; Paul Goodwin, conductor. Reference Recording 102 On This Day Births 1791 - French opera composer Louis Joseph F. Herold, in Paris; 1898 - Italian-American composer Vittorio Rieti, in Alexandria, Egypt; 1944 - British composer Sir John Tavener, in London; Deaths 1935 - Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, age 75, in Moscow; 1947 - Venezuelan-born French composer Reynaldo Hahn, age 72, in Paris; Premieres 1725 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 92 ("Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn") performed on Septuagesimae Sunday after Epiphany as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1724/25); 1828 - Schubert: Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 99 (D. 898), at a private performance by Ignaz Schuppanzigh (violin), Josef Linke (cello), and Carl Maria von Bocklet (piano); 1830 - Auber: opera "Fra Diavolo" in Paris at the Opéra-Comique; 1876 - Tchaikovsky: "Serenade mélancolique" for violin and orchestra, in Moscow (Julian date: Jan. 18); 1897 - Glazunov: Symphony No. 5, in London; 1915 - Ravel: Piano Trio in a, in Paris, by Gabriel Wilaume (violin), Louis Feuillard (cello), and Alfredo Casella (piano); 1916 - Granados: opera "Goyescas," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; 1927 - Copland: Piano Concerto, by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, with the composer as soloist; 1941 - Copland: "Quiet City," at Town Hall in New York City by the Little Symphony conducted by Daniel Saidenberg; This music is based on incidental music Copland wrote for Irwin Shaw's play of the same name produced by the Group Theater in New York in 1939; 1944 - Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 ("Jeremiah"), at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by the composer, with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel as vocal soloist; 1972 - Scott Joplin: opera "Treemonisha" (orchestrated by T.J. Anderson), in Atlanta; 1990 - Joan Tower: Flute Concerto, at Carnegie Hall in New York, with soloist Carol Wincenc and the American Composers Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conducting; 1995 - Elinor Armer: “Island Earth” (to a text by Sci-Fi writer Usula K. Le Guin), at the University of California, Berkeley, by the various San Francisco choirs and the Women's Philharmonic, conducted by JoAnn Falletta; On the same program were the premiere performance's of Chen Yi's “Antiphony” for orchestra and Augusta Read Thomas's “Fantasy” for piano and orchestra (with piano soloist Sara Wolfensohn); 1997 - Morten Lauridsen: “Mid-Winter Songs” (final version) for chorus and orchestra, by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Currie conducting; Earlier versions of this work with piano and chamber orchestra accompaniment had premiered in 1981, 1983, and 1985 at various Californian venues; 2000 - André Previn: "Diversions," in Salzburg, Austria, by the Vienna Philharmonic, the composer conducting; Others 1742 - Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin (and the author of "Gulliver's Travels"), objects to the cathedral singers taking part in performances of Handel's works while the composer is in that city (Gregorian date: Feb. 8); Rehearsals for the premiere performance of Handel's "Messiah" would begin in April of that year, involving the choirs of both Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals in Dublin; 1971 - William Bolcom completes his "Poltergeist" Rag (dedicated to Teresa Sterne, a one-time concert pianist who was then a producer for Nonesuch Records); According to the composer's notes, the "Poltergeist" Rag was written "in a converted garage next to a graveyard in Newburgh, N.Y." Links and Resources On Tavener

La Voz Humana en la Música - Treemonisha by Radiotelevisión de Veracruz

Grande figure du ragtime et précurseur du jazz, Scott Joplin est également le compositeur du premier opéra afro-américain en 1911. Treemonisha est l'histoire d'une jeune descendante d'esclaves qui s'élève grâce à l'éducation. L'œuvre n'a jamais vu le jour sur scène du vivant du compositeur afro-américain. Seulement en 1975. Cette fable refait surface en France au Théâtre de Caen, en Normandie, revisité de fond en comble par le collectif sud-africain Isango, puis en région parisienne et au Luxembourg jusqu'au 27 octobre.  

durée : 00:05:40 - Classic & Co - par : Anna Sigalevitch - "Treemonisha", un opéra peu connu et rarement joué du compositeur afro-américain Scott Joplin, qui va se jouer au Théâtre de Caen de jeudi à dimanche prochain, puis du 19 au 21 octobre à la Maison des Arts de Créteil dans une nouvelle production du collectif sud-africain Isango…

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here. This Composer is Sick wraps up with an exploration of how syphilis affected the life, works, and death of American composer Scott Joplin. Host Emi Ferguson and her guests, Joplin biographer and ragtime scholar Edward Berlin, and syphilis researcher Sheila Lukehart, look at Joplin's life as he battled syphilis, particularly his last years in New York, as he worked to stage a production of his opera, Treemonisha. Recordings: “Frolic of the Bears” by Scott Joplin, performed by The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers. From the sound recording Scott Joplin: Treemonisha. New World Records #80720-2 (p) & © 2011 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc. Used by permission. Available here. "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, performed by Benjamin Loeb, courtesy of Naxos of America "Maple Leaf Rag" performed by the United States Marine Band "Maple Leaf Rag" performed by Jade Simmons; "A Real Slow Drag" from Treemonisha performed by Laquita Mitchell and Joshua Rifkin, from WQXR Presents: Joplin at 150 in the Greene Space, November 2019 "Magnetic Rag" performed by Lara Downes from Scott Joplin's New York in the Greene Space, March 2022 Additional recording of "A Real Slow Drag" from Treemonisha by Emi Ferguson Additional thanks to the NYC Municipal Archives, the National Archives, and the New York Public Radio Archives for archival audio.

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here.This Composer is Sick wraps up with an exploration of how syphilis affected the life, works, and death of American composer Scott Joplin. Host Emi Ferguson and her guests, Joplin biographer and ragtime scholar Edward Berlin, and syphilis researcher Sheila Lukehart, look at Joplin's life as he battled syphilis, particularly his last years in New York, as he worked to stage a production of his opera, Treemonisha.Recordings:“Frolic of the Bears” by Scott Joplin, performed by The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers. From the sound recording Scott Joplin: Treemonisha. New World Records #80720-2 (p) & © 2011 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc. Used by permission. Available here."The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, performed by Benjamin Loeb, courtesy of Naxos of America"Maple Leaf Rag" performed by the United States Marine Band"Maple Leaf Rag" performed by Jade Simmons; "A Real Slow Drag" from Treemonisha performed by Laquita Mitchell and Joshua Rifkin, from WQXR Presents: Joplin at 150 in the Greene Space, November 2019"Magnetic Rag" performed by Lara Downes from Scott Joplin's New York in the Greene Space, March 2022Additional recording of "A Real Slow Drag" from Treemonisha by Emi FergusonAdditional thanks to the NYC Municipal Archives, the National Archives, and the New York Public Radio Archives for archival audio.

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here.This Composer is Sick wraps up with an exploration of how syphilis affected the life, works, and death of American composer Scott Joplin. Host Emi Ferguson and her guests, Joplin biographer and ragtime scholar Edward Berlin, and syphilis researcher Sheila Lukehart, look at Joplin's life as he battled syphilis, particularly his last years in New York, as he worked to stage a production of his opera, Treemonisha.Recordings:“Frolic of the Bears” by Scott Joplin, performed by The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers. From the sound recording Scott Joplin: Treemonisha. New World Records #80720-2 (p) & © 2011 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc. Used by permission. Available here."The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, performed by Benjamin Loeb, courtesy of Naxos of America"Maple Leaf Rag" performed by the United States Marine Band"Maple Leaf Rag" performed by Jade Simmons; "A Real Slow Drag" from Treemonisha performed by Laquita Mitchell and Joshua Rifkin, from WQXR Presents: Joplin at 150 in the Greene Space, November 2019"Magnetic Rag" performed by Lara Downes from Scott Joplin's New York in the Greene Space, March 2022Additional recording of "A Real Slow Drag" from Treemonisha by Emi FergusonAdditional thanks to the NYC Municipal Archives, the National Archives, and the New York Public Radio Archives for archival audio.

In this new podcast series, we explore elements of American opera - production and reception histories, social contexts, historical valences, and more - through our artist and scholar community. In this episode, Dr. Tiffany Kuo discusses the intersectional qualities that can make American opera challenging to define, according to four musicians and two scholars who were asked to share their perspectives on a wide range of operas, from Scott Joplin's Treemonisha to Philip Glass' Einstein on the Beach and more. Tickets to LA Opera's 22-23 season are available now at LAOpera.org. Please be advised that some of the musical content in this episode may not be suitable for all audiences.

From writing, public speaking and to acting. Daphne O'Neal has done it all. From the movie Futurestates to 13 Reasons Why!  A panel appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986) marked the start of her on-camera career. Her love of opera and ballet, along with her Harvard degree, suited her to the tongue-in-cheek portrayal of a "snob." By the end of the show, Daphne had won over the skeptical Chicago audience. Buoyed by the experience, she began auditioning for plays. First cast as the Postulant in The Sound of Music at Boston's Wheelock Family Theatre, Daphne went on to portray lead character Silvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare. In 2009, Daphne was the only San Francisco actor hired for Ranch Studios' Corruption.Gov (2010), headlined by Lee Majors, Michael Madsen and Joe Estevez. She played the terrified victim of a gun-toting terrorist, a judge on film in the PBS short Futurestates,  Daphne played a TV reporter in the indie ballet feature Hope Dances, Marcus Cole's mother in Season 2 of 13 Reasons Why, a narcissistic boss in the improv comedy short 8 Daves A Week and pulled off a cameo appearance in a redhot hip-hop artist music video.  Daphne voices documentary, educational, animated and radio/TV projects and appears regularly in commercials, and sang Lead Alto in a chorus of 12 in Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha at San Francisco's venerated Stern Grove Festival.. She has hosted live and taped PBS-TV fundraisers, among other programs.

Synopsis Many good things come in threes – at least William Bolcom seems to think so. On today's date in 1971, in a converted garage next to a graveyard in Newburgh, New York, American composer and pianist William Bolcom put the finishes touches to the second of three piano pieces he collectively titled “Ghost Rags.” “Ghost Rag” No. 2 was titled “Poltergeist” and dedicated to Tracey Sterne, who at that time was a dynamic record producer at Nonesuch Records.  In her youth Sterne pursued a career as a concert pianist, but in the 1960s and 70s was responsible for assembling the Nonesuch label's astonishingly diverse catalog of old, new and world music.   “Ghost Rag” No. 3, titled “Dream Shadows,” was described by Bolcom as a “white rag” which evoked “the era of white telephones and white pianos” and “was in the white key of C Major.” Bolcom dedicated this rag to his fellow composer, William Albright. And Bolcom's ‘Ghost Rag” No. 1, which has proved to be the most popular of the three, was titled “Graceful Ghost.”  Bolcom dedicated this music to the memory of his father, whose benign spirit Bolcom said he often felt hovering around his piano while he played at night. Music Played in Today's Program William Bolcom (b. 1938) — Graceful Ghost Rags (Paul Jacobs, piano) Nonesuch 79006 On This Day Births 1791 - French opera composer Louis Joseph F. Herold, in Paris; 1898 - Italian-American composer Vittorio Rieti, in Alexandria, Egypt; 1944 - British composer Sir John Tavener, in London; Deaths 1935 - Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, age 75, in Moscow; 1947 - Venezuelan-born French composer Reynaldo Hahn, age 72, in Paris; Premieres 1725 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 92 ("Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn") performed on Septuagesimae Sunday after Epiphany as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1724/25); 1828 - Schubert: Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 99 (D. 898), at a private performance by Ignaz Schuppanzigh (violin), Josef Linke (cello), and Carl Maria von Bocklet (piano); 1830 - Auber: opera "Fra Diavolo" in Paris at the Opéra-Comique; 1876 - Tchaikovsky: "Serenade mélancolique" for violin and orchestra, in Moscow (Julian date: Jan. 18); 1897 - Glazunov: Symphony No. 5, in London; 1915 - Ravel: Piano Trio in a, in Paris, by Gabriel Wilaume (violin), Louis Feuillard (cello), and Alfredo Casella (piano); 1916 - Granados: opera "Goyescas," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; 1927 - Copland: Piano Concerto, by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, with the composer as soloist; 1941 - Copland: "Quiet City," at Town Hall in New York City by the Little Symphony conducted by Daniel Saidenberg; This music is based on incidental music Copland wrote for Irwin Shaw's play of the same name produced by the Group Theater in New York in 1939; 1944 - Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 ("Jeremiah"), at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by the composer, with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel as vocal soloist; 1972 - Scott Joplin: opera "Treemonisha" (orchestrated by T.J. Anderson), in Atlanta; 1990 - Joan Tower: Flute Concerto, at Carnegie Hall in New York, with soloist Carol Wincenc and the American Composers Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conducting; 1995 - Elinor Armer: “Island Earth” (to a text by Sci-Fi writer Usula K. Le Guin), at the University of California, Berkeley, by the various San Francisco choirs and the Women's Philharmonic, conducted by JoAnn Falletta; On the same program were the premiere performance's of Chen Yi's “Antiphony” for orchestra and Augusta Read Thomas's “Fantasy” for piano and orchestra (with piano soloist Sara Wolfensohn); 1997 - Morten Lauridsen: “Mid-Winter Songs” (final version) for chorus and orchestra, by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Currie conducting; Earlier versions of this work with piano and chamber orchestra accompaniment had premiered in 1981, 1983, and 1985 at various Californian venues; 2000 - André Previn: "Diversions," in Salzburg, Austria, by the Vienna Philharmonic, the composer conducting; Others 1742 - Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin (and the author of "Gulliver's Travels"), objects to the cathedral singers taking part in performances of Handel's works while the composer is in that city (Gregorian date: Feb. 8); Rehearsals for the premiere performance of Handel's "Messiah" would begin in April of that year, involving the choirs of both Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals in Dublin; 1971 - William Bolcom completes his "Poltergeist" Rag (dedicated to Teresa Sterne, a one-time concert pianist who was then a producer for Nonesuch Records); According to the composer's notes, the "Poltergeist" Rag was written "in a converted garage next to a graveyard in Newburgh, N.Y." Links and Resources On William Bolcom

Sonya Baker is an accomplished singer and gifted educator who shared her journey so eloquently. Please listen through the end, where you will hear from Sonya about what it meant to her to sing "Ride the Chariot" as part of her time in the Glee Club. Thanks to the Yale Glee Club we have a a recording of Sonya singing her powerful solo of that spiritual, which is a real treat. Here is a bit more about Sonya: Dr. Sonya Gabrielle Baker, soprano, made her Carnegie Hall debut with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, singing music of Aaron Copland. Noted for her performances of American music, Baker has been heard in concert both nationally and internationally, including performances in Havana, Cuba with the Yale Alumni Chorus and at the World Equestrian Games opening ceremonies with the American Spiritual Ensemble. Baker has toured regularly as a soloist with the American Spiritual Ensemble, a professional ensemble whose mission is to keep the American Spiritual alive. She appears on their recording entitled The Spirituals and in the PBS documentary by the same name. Baker's debut solo recording, SHE SAYS, featuring art songs of American Women composers, was released in 2004, a year after she appeared as soloist on the Yale Alumni Chorus tour to Moscow singing at the Kremlin. Baker's scholarly agenda is focused on crossing boundaries and disciplines, perhaps best exemplified by her solo recording and her lecture recital on Marian Anderson's 1939 Easter Concert. Baker has presented this lecture recital nationwide and is currently working on a second recording in tribute to Marian Anderson featuring Lieder and spiritual arrangements. Highlights of Baker's operatic roles include Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlo, Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Monisha in Joplin's Treemonisha, and the title role in the U.S. premiere of Mascagni's Pinotta. A former fellow with the American Council on Education, Baker has held leadership positions in higher education, serving as Associate Dean at JMU and Murray State University, and with various professional organizations: as board member for the Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Governor for the National Association of Teachers of Singing and currently a board member for the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) and the Yale Alumni Chorus. A graduate of Leadership Kentucky, LEAD Virginia and the Society for College and University Planning Institute, Baker is fully committed to advocating for diverse communities and environments that embrace multiple peoples and perspectives. To this end, she has served on multiple university committees and has been a mentor both formally and informally throughout her career. Baker holds degrees from Yale, Indiana and Florida State Universities.

The New Republic's Osita Nwanevu joins the show from Baltimore, Maryland to discuss the life of Scott Joplin, known in his day as the King of Ragtime. At the dawn of the 20th century, Joplin's music achieved widespread popularity in America, transcending segregated society, and his innovations laid the groundwork for the evolution of jazz and helped to revolutionize American music and the culture itself. Joplin died penniless in 1917 and his name languished in relative obscurity for decades until his music was rediscovered in the early 1970s and he received long-overdue recognition for his achievements. Osita and I also discuss some of the key works in Joplin's catalog, including his only surviving opera "Treemonisha". Patrons of the Junk Filter podcast receive access to additional exclusive episodes every month: some of our notable previous guests include Jacob Bacharach, Jared Yates Sexton, David Roth, Bryan Quinby, Will Sloan and more! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter Follow Osita Nwanevu on Twitter. You can subscribe to Osita's newsletter here Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin, composed in 1899, performed by Alexander Peskanov) Bethana, A Concert Waltz (Joplin, composed in 1905, performed by Alexander Peskanov)

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: CLICK HERESATE is an internationally acclaimed recording artist and songwriter. We dig into her musical history and bond over our shared love of Black Sabbath, Fishbone & Living Colour. We re-live our first meeting and the song that came out of it and she talks about her role in the COVID-postponed Scott Joplin opera Treemonisha featuring a predominantly black female team and ensemble. We also dig into her family roots: both her parents made enormous contributions to black culture in Toronto. She shares her need to balance her intense pride and loyalty to her parents accomplishments with the need to assert herself as an individual. We talk about the journey to make her new album “The Fool”, feeling and making music through her body, and coming to a place of self-acceptance. “I was starting to feel like I was making music for people to accept me. When I wasn't accepted, it felt like shit. And I realized that it had nothing to do with anybody else but myself. Self-acceptance is the word that I'll probably tattoo somewhere on my body, definitely somewhere where I can see it. It doesn't really matter whether anybody else likes it or not, as long as I do, as long as I feel it in my body, as long as it moves me. That's all that matters. And that's hard. That's hard to come to because we make art to give to people for acceptance, for belonging.”---SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: CLICK HERE--- SATE WEB http://stateofsate.com What Did I Do (Live Video) https://youtu.be/ZT8Ny2Vmcgk?t=152 Scott Joplin's Treemonisha https://www.volcano.ca/treemonisha--- AND SOMETIMES ... WHY?: WEB https://www.andsometimeswhy.com EMAIL mailto:andsometimeswhypod@gmail.com INSTA https://www.instagram.com/andsometimeswhypod FB https://www.facebook.com/andsometimeswhypod TWEET https://twitter.com/sometimeswhypod

In this episode, Dr. Ashley Pribyl chats with Jorge Casco, owner and executive director of FLY dance company, the gentleman of hip-hop. They discuss the relationship between hip-hop and classical music, how art can help inspire students to improve their lives, and why the gap between Berlioz and Grandmaster Flash might be smaller than you think. The theme for MOSY Motifs is the overture to Treemonisha by Scott Joplin, recorded by Cristian Chiappini & Orchestra dell'Università di Firenze. Music examples:London Symphony Orchestra, under Stanley Black plays Claude Debussy's Clair de LuneIgor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring remixed by Barry BrakeAntonín Dvořák's Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 , Sir Simon Rattle, conductor · Berliner PhilharmonikerThese complete examples, as well as more music related to this episode, can be found here or on our YouTube page.Support the show

In this episode, Dr. Brandon Boyd helps Ashley and all our listeners prepare for MOSY's Juneteenth celebration on Saturday! Don't know what Juneteenth is? Don't worry! Dr. Boyd explains the origins of the holiday, as well as the difference between spirituals and gospel music. He and Ashley also cover the pieces to be performed on Saturday and the power music and singing have to build community.The theme for MOSY Motifs is the overture to Treemonisha by Scott Joplin, recorded by Cristian Chiappini & Orchestra dell'Università di Firenze. Music examples:Naguanda Nobles sings "Deep River""Lift Every Voice and Sing" by the Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri"Hold On!" Arranged by Brandon BoydThese complete examples, as well as more music related to this episode, can be found here or on our YouTube page.Support the show (https://themosy.org/donate/)Support the show

Join Dr. Ashley Pribyl as she interviews St. Louis Symphony violist Michael Casimir about his experience as a musician of color. In this episode, the two explore the importance of teaching, how to reach diverse audiences, the historical and systematic barriers faced to expanding participation in classical music, and why everyone should love the viola!The theme for MOSY Motifs is the overture to Treemonisha by Scott Joplin, recorded by Cristian Chiappini & Orchestra dell'Università di Firenze. Music examples:Lawrence Power, Maxim Vengerov, UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra perform Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364Michael Casimir and Nathan Chan, Dmitri Shostakovich's Preludes for Two Violins, arr. for Viola and CelloBrian Owens and the 442s, Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come"Tyler Stahl and Michael Casimir, "Come Back Inside"These complete examples, as well as more music related to this episode, can be found here or on our YouTube page.Support the show

In this episode, Dr. Ashley Pribyl interviews Dominican conductor/composer and current St. Louis resident Darwin Aquino. Join them as they discuss the history of classical music on the island of Hispaniola, the important impact of El Sistema in Latin America, how the publishing industry impacts composer diversity, and Aquino's own journey of becoming a world-renowned composer and conductor. They also discuss the wide variety of amazing music by Latinx composers, giving quite a few specific examples for you to explore! Listen to more of his music at www.darwinaquino.com. The theme for MOSY Motifs is the overture to Treemonisha by Scott Joplin, recorded by Cristian Chiappini & Orchestra dell'Università di Firenze. Music examples: Charles P. Phillips performs “4 Danzas” by Ludovic LamotheBBC Symphony Orchestra, Finale from Engima Variations by Edward ElgarYouth Orchestra of the Americas and the Dom. Rep. National Youth Orchestra, Yo Aminicana by Darwin AquinoFrankfurt Radio Symphony, Danzas de Ballet “Estancia” by Alberto GinasteraPhilharmonie de Paris, La Noche de los Mayas by Silvestre RevueltasHeidelberg Youth Chamber Orchestra, Fuga con Pajarillo by Aldamaro Romero  These complete examples, as well as more music related to this episode, can be found here or on our YouTube page.Support the show (https://themosy.org/donate/)Support the show

Join Dr. Ashley Pribyl as she interviews Dr. Stephanie Shonekan, Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Science and Professor of Music at the University of Missouri. They discuss the first major black opera diva, Camilla Williams, Mizzou's musical response to the 2015 protests, and what true diversity and inclusion in classical music would mean.The theme for MOSY Motifs is the overture to Treemonisha by Scott Joplin, recorded by Cristian Chiappini & Orchestra dell'Università di Firenze.Music examples:Camilla Williams sings "Beau Soir" by Claude DebussyMarian Anderson sings the spiritual "Deep River"New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Trevor Harvey performs Fela Sowande's African Suite"Summertime" from Porgy and Bess (1959 film version)These complete examples, as well as more music related to this episode, can be found here or on our YouTube page.Support the show

"She's a tenor. Watch out." This week, we are joined by special guest Dominique Wooten Embretson, as we explore what was perhaps the first truly American opera. Also, Tina was conceived in a waterbed and other things you wish you didn't know...

Scott Joplin's 2nd and final opera. This landmark first ever recording of this opera will surprise you! Listed as a "ragtime opera" this description couldn't be further from the truth. This is more in line with a Gilbert and Sullivan production and includes an excellent morality story and also some "pre-blues" numbers.k Performed by the Houston Grand Opera Company. Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p531/Scott_Joplin%3A_Treemonisha.html 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

Let’s talk about #seduction Sexy . #Scorpius. Two artist I feature in this podcast worked in Brothels one as a musician the other as a painter and both died of syphilis and were born on November 24. Scott Joplin is known as the “King of Ragtime”, famous for such compositions like “The Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”. A travelling musician, #Joplin was at the Chicago World Fair in 1893, where Ragtime became a national craze. He went on to publish his own Ragtime compositions before starting his own Opera Company and composing operas, self-publishing his " Treemonisha" opera in 1911. Joplin's music was largely forgotten after his death in 1917 but rediscovered in the 1960s and 1970s. The film "The Sting" (1973) featured music inspired by Scott Joplin and Marvin Hamlisch won an Academy Award for his soundtrack. His version of the "The Entertainer" then became a top ten hit. Scott Joplin http://www.friendsofscottjoplin.org/index.html Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colorful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the modern, sometimes decadent, affairs of those times. https://www.toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org/ The Moulin Rouge had opened two years earlier, in 1889, and instantly established itself as a Montmartre landmark. It was renowned for the elasticity of its young dancers, both physically and morally; police officers made periodic checks to ensure that they were all wearing underwear. However, the poster by Jules Chéret advertising the club's delights was relatively subdued, so the director Charles Zidler hired the young (only 27 years old) #Toulouse-Lautrec to create a more vibrant poster. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/akacloudette/message

Opera After Dark is back for season 5!! And we're kicking things off by talking about the greatest ragtime composer of all, Scott Joplin. Don't worry, we're not abandoning our roots. In addition to being the king of ragtime, Mr. Joplin also composed for the operatic stage.

Scott Joplin considered his opera Treemonisha one of his greatest works, but audiences of the time didn't feel the same. As a result, the opera never premiered until decades after it was finished. Theme music is by Daryl Banner: https://darylbanner.bandcamp.com/ Join me and an incredible, growing community living healthier lifestyles in a body positive space with Roy Belzer Fitness: roybelzerfitness.com offer code chronpodcast. To become a member of The Composer Chronicles, click on the following link to Patreon: https://patreon.com/thecomposerchronicles Music for this episode: Strolling in Style by Raymond Grouse Waiting No More by Martin Klem Into the Silence by David Celeste Sources for this episode: King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era by Edward A. Berlin: https://www.amazon.com/King-Ragtime-Scott-Joplin-His-ebook/dp/B01EXC40D8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Scott+Joplin+biography&qid=1600833810&sr=8-1 http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_t/treemonisha.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecomposerchronicles/message

Luca Cerchiari"Mina"Una voce universaleBibliografia a cura di Silvia EccherDiscografia a cura di Alessandra GiordanoMondadori Editorehttps://www.librimondadori.it/«Se non avessi la mia voce, vorrei avere quella della cantante italiana di nome Mina.» La dichiarazione è di Sarah Vaughan, una delle maggiori esponenti dello stile jazzistico bebop del Ventesimo secolo. Ma l'elenco dei giudizi lusinghieri collezionati negli anni da Mina Anna Mazzini è lunghissimo. Da Juliette Gréco a Louis Armstrong, da Frank Sinatra a Kenny Barron, da Barbara Streisand a Michael Jackson.Luca Cerchiari, musicologo e critico musicale, racconta la figura di questa grande interprete ripercorrendone minuziosamente la densa e straordinaria carriera, dagli esordi nella provincia cremonese fino alla consacrazione sui maggiori palcoscenici nazionali e internazionali con canzoni entrate di diritto nella storia della musica italiana. Indimenticabili successi come Tintarella di luna, Le mille bolle blu, E se domani, Grande, grande, grande, Brava, Conversazione, Parole parole, Bugiardo e incosciente, L'importante è finire.Una passione, quella per il canto, nata da giovanissima e mai venuta meno; neanche quando, nel 1978, a vent'anni esatti dal debutto, decide di abbandonare per sempre, scelta tanto coraggiosa quanto ostinata, le luci dei riflettori.Supportata da una voce unica e «universale», capace di sintetizzare generi anche distanti tra loro (il rock-and-roll, la musica latino-americana, la canzone di Broadway, il soul e il jazz), la «tigre di Cremona» ha saputo dare un contributo eccezionale alla musica contemporanea in senso lato. Ma non solo.Da queste pagine, ricche di storie, aneddoti e approfondimenti, emerge infatti il ritratto di un'artista poliedrica, capace di distinguersi per la sterminata attività concertistica e discografica così come per il suo talento di donna di spettacolo, di conduttrice radiofonica e televisiva – tanto da essere riconosciuta per anni come la regina dei più importanti varietà Rai -, talent scout e produttrice discografica, e persino di testimonial pubblicitaria.È attraverso l'analisi della sua complessa iconologia, della sua inconfondibile gestualità, del suo look in continua evoluzione che si disegna davanti ai nostri occhi lo spaccato di un'Italia che, come lei e grazie a lei, vive una progressiva svolta del costume. A dimostrazione, se ancora ce ne fosse bisogno, che non sono solo «canzonette».Luca Cerchiari, Ph.D. a Graz (Austria), è docente di Storia della musica pop e coordinatore del Master post-laurea in Editoria e produzione musicale dell'Università di Milano-IULM. Ha pubblicato volumi e articoli in Italia, Stati Uniti, Germania, Francia, Austria, Slovacchia, tra cui Miles Davis, Intorno al jazz, Dal ragtime a Wagner. Treemonisha di Scott Joplin, Jazz e fascismo, Il disco, Eurojazzland, Una storia del musical.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Ragtime swept the nation, but three musicians stood above the rest. Here is the story of Ragtime's Big Three: Joseph Lamb, the Little Professor, and, of course, King Scott Joplin.  Follow us on Social media!  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundofHistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundofhistory_ Videos in This Episode:  "Contentment Rag" by Joseph Lamb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9B1UKtCb1k  "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBInnwV21DM   "Magnetic Rag" by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BweSQtoc8D0  The ending number of Treemonisha by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cy7k1c6fa8   BONUS: "Frog Legs Rag" by James Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEeIX8lxxGM 

1. Magnus Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto:https://open.spotify.com/track/2vXK1aHUEmxx0qKW47sI632. Scott Patterson’s Piano Sonata No. 3:https://soundcloud.com/afro-house-productions/piano-sonata-no-33. Paul Salerni’s Something Permanent:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5SJ3fKS9zHr3wUMlQyPCF2You can listen to these before or after the episode, or you can pause our podcast and go listen to each piece as we introduce them. Panelists:Baltimore-based composer Elliott Grabill brings an authentic perspective to contemporary classical music. As a math teacher, his experiences working with students of all walks of life nurtures an artistic voice that’s both personal and relevant. His most recent song cycle, Teacher Tales, recalls the stories of injustices he witnesses on a daily basis while teaching. The songs, with self-authored lyrics, were hailed by Ron Beckett as doing “what great art has been able to do – raising awareness on issues society blindly accepts.” He brought Magnus Lindberg’s clarinet concerto. elliottgrabill.comKnown for her extensive vocal range, mezzo-soprano Elise Christina Jenkins has charmed audiences in repertoire ranging from opera and art song to operetta. Last year she joined INSeries for their Operetta Wonderland: The Magic of Victor Herbert. A frequent performer with Opera NOVA, she sang the role of Tisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Monisha in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha, and in various outreach programs and recitals. Elise made her Italian debut in the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Mairoi performing scenes from Mozart’s Così fan tutte and she later returned to Italy to sing Madre Maria in Francis Poulenc’s I dialoghi delle Carmelitane. As an oratorio soloist, Elise was invited to sing Handel’s Messiah at the Korean United Methodist Church of Koinonia for their Christmas Eve service with chamber orchestra under the baton of Dr. In Dal Choi. She brought Scott Patterson’s Piano Sonata no. 3, and recommends the other performances of Afro House, among others.Jeffrey Earl Young Jeffrey Earl Young (ASCAP) currently studies under composer Daron Hagen of New York. His compositions range from instrumental solos and art songs, to chamber, choral, and orchestral works. Jeff’s music has been performed by violinist Lauren Cauley Kalal and percussionist Matthew Gold at the Walden School’s Creative Musician’s Retreat; by saxophone/bassoon duo Xelana at Connecticut Summerfest and again in Brooklyn; by new music ensemble Bent Frequency and the Beo String Quartet at the Charlotte New Music Festival, and many others. He sings with the Peabody Community Chorus and enjoys the new music community in Baltimore. A retired intellectual property attorney, Jeff has served on the boards of Bent Frequency, Friends of Music at Emory University, and the Atlanta Young Singers. He brought Paul Salerni’s Something Permanent. Examples of his compositions are found at soundcloud.com/youngatl-1More information at pauseandlisten.com. Pause and Listen was created by host John T.K. Scherch and co-creator/marketing manager Michele Mengel Scherch.

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Seit 40 Jahren gräbt Georg Hermannsdorfer unermüdlich unbekannte oder vergessene Opern aus. Jetzt steht seine neueste Entdeckung an: "Treemonisha", ein abendfüllendes Bühnenwerk des Ragtime-Königs Scott Joplin. Michael Atzinger war bei einer Probe dabei, Premiere findet am Wochenende statt.

Historians can't seem to nail down an exact date for the birth of African-American composer Scott Joplin, but they think he was born between 149-150 years ago, probably in November 1868. This Fishko Files invites his biographer Edward Berlin to consider Joplin's life, and offers a taste of his now-celebrated work, from "Maple Leaf Rag" to "Treemonisha." (Produced in 2011) Fishko Files with Sara Fishko Assistant Producer: Olivia BrileyMix Engineer: Wayne Shulmister and Paul SchneiderEditor: Karen Frillmann

March 3, 2018 33.32 Metropolitan Opera singer, music professor, recording artist, world-traveler, wife and mother, Carmen Balthrop has sung with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco, Houston Grand Opera, in major opera houses of Venice and Berlin. She's appeared in recital in venues from the White House, Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as the major venues of Italy, the Netherlands, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, Beijing and Shanghai, China and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Nassau,Bahamas. Her Deutche Grammophone recording of Treemonisha, was groundbreaking. In it, she recorded the title role of the first opera composed by an African American - Scott Joplin. The accomplished singer and teacher shares how listening to radio broadcasts of opera as a child had a profound impact on her desire to become a classical singer. She reveals important lessons and strategies that have served her through four decades of performing, traveling and teaching. Carmen also gives practical strategies for maintaining your voice, learning repertoire and the impact of self-care on longevity.

Scott Joplin's 2nd and final opera. This landmark first ever recording of this opera will surprise you! Listed as a "ragtime opera" this description couldn't be further from the truth. This is more in line with a Gilbert and Sullivan production and includes an excellent morality story and also some "pre-blues" numbers. Performed by the Houston Grand Opera Company. Purchase now at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p531/Scott_Joplin%3A_Treemonisha.html

On this day in 1972, in Atlanta, the African American composer Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha had its first staged performance. On today's "A Classical Day in the Life," learn why it took more than a half a century after Joplin's death to first perform his only surviving opera.

Each day during February, we posted a “Classical Music Moment in Black History” on our Facebook page to show the contributions of black artists to classical music throughout history. We’ve collected our twenty-eight February entries in this article. By the way, these entries were originally part of an episode of the Classical Classroom podcast (audio included below).  Composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges.  In the mid-to-late 1700’s, Chevalier de Saint-Georgeswas an Afro-French composer who was also France’s best fencer. After Napoleon re-instituted slavery in France, de Saint-Georges’ works were rarely played, though lots of his work has been recorded since the 1970’s. In 1803, virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower, who had studied under the leader of the Royal Opera, played with Beethoven. Beethoven then dedicated his Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major to Bridgetower, and they premiered the piece together. Later, the two had a falling out – something to do with a lady – and Beethoven changed the piece’s name. It’s now called the Kreutzer Sonata. Poet Rita Dove wrote a book about Bridgetower and Beethoven’s relationship. Soprano Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, “The Black Swan”.  In 1853, soprano Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield – people knew her as the “Black Swan” – made her New York debut at the Metropolitan Hall. While she could sing, her skin color would have denied her entrance to the concert. But that didn’t slow Greenfield down: In 1854, this classy lady sang a command performance before Queen Victoria. Composer Scott Joplin.  In 1868, innovative composer and pianist Scott Joplin was born in Texas. Joplin wrote 2 operas, one ragtime ballet, and 44 original ragtime pieces before he died. Composer Harry Thacker Burleigh.  From 1892-95, Antonin Dvorak – not black as you might know, but stick with me – was director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City. The woman who founded the school, Jeanette Thurber, opened the school to men, women, blacks, and whites – pretty unusual for that time. Dvorak felt that a true American style of music should grow out of African- and Native-American music. Harry Burleigh, one of the earliest African-American composers and one of Dvorak’s pupils, introduced Dvorak to American spirituals. In 1898, Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor wrote the musical Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. It was wildly successful during his lifetime. Coleridge-Taylor also visited the States and inspired American blacks to become composers. Tenor Roland Hayes.  In 1921 tenor Roland Hayes gave a performance before King George V of England. In 1923, Hayes debuted at Carnegie Hall. He was the first African American man to become famous worldwide as a concert performer, and he became one of the world’s greatest Lieder interpreters. In 1926, Undine Smith Moore graduated cum laude from the Juilliard School. She was the first graduate of Fisk University, a historically black school, to receive a scholarship to Juilliard. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Moore became “…one of this country’s most prominent composers and arrangers of choral works, many based on or inspired by Negro spirituals and folk songs.” Composer William Grant Still.  1931 was the year William Grant Stillbecame the first Black American composer to have a symphonic work performed by a major American orchestra. The Rochester Philharmonic performed his Afro-American Symphony. Stills had another big “first” in 1949 when his opera Troubled Island – based on a libretto by Langston Hughes – was performed by the New York City Opera, becoming the first opera by a black person to be performed by a major company. William Grant Still was also the first black man to conduct a major orchestra (LA Phil) and he won 2 Guggenheim fellowships. In 1933, Caterina Jarboro became the first black woman to appear in a leading role with a major American opera when she again played the title role in Aida with the Chicago Opera.  Composer Florence Price. Also in 1933, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Florence Price’s Symphony in E Minor. She was the first female African-American composer to have a symphonic composition performed by a major American symphony orchestra. Baritone Todd Duncan and Anne Brown. Culver Pictures/file 1935. In 1935, George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway, with baritone Todd Duncan as Porgy, and sopranos Anne Brown as Bess and Ruby Elzy as Serena. In 1945, Todd Duncan became the first African American to sing with a major American opera company, when he played the role of Tonio Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci with the New York City Opera. Contralto Marian Anderson In 1939, both the Daughters of the American Revolution and the District of Columbia’s Board of Education refused to allow contralto Marian Anderson to use Constitution Hall and Central High School auditorium for a recital respectively. So, she gave her concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial instead, drawing a crowd of 75,000 – not to mention the millions who listened on the radio. (To read more about the performance, go here.) Lyric Soprano Camilla Williams (l) with Margery Mayer. Courtesy of Fred Fehl/New York City Opera. Also in 1945, lyric soprano Camilla Williams signed a contract with the New York City Opera in 1946, becoming the first African American to do so with a major American opera company. She debuted with the role of the heroine in Madama Butterfly. And in 1947, soprano Helen Phillips was the first African American to sing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. In 1951 William Warfield and Muriel Rahn were the first black concert artists on TV – they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. Soprano and educator Dorothy Maynor. In 1953, soprano and educator Dorothy Maynor was the first black person to sing at a US presidential inauguration when she performed the national anthem for Dwight Eisenhower. Composer Margaret Bonds. Wikimedia Commons. Margaret Bonds, who frequently collaborated with Langston Hughes, was one of the first black composers and performers in the US to gain recognition. In 1965, when the Freedom March on Montgomery, Alabama took place, she wrote Montgomery Variations for orchestra, dedicating it to Martin Luther King, Jr.. For more information about Ms. Bonds, check out this piece from WBUR 90.9 FM. Conductor Henry Lewis. In 1968 Henry Lewis became the first black conductor and music director of a major American orchestra when he was appointed to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He was also the first African-American to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera. 1972 saw Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha finally premiere – 55 years after his death – at the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center. In 1976, Joplin posthumously received a special Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to American music. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Photo by Luigi Beverelli. Courtesy Mr. Marsalis’ website. In 1983 and 1984, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis became the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical records. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1997 for Blood on the Fields, a three-hour oratorio for 3 singers and a 14-member ensemble. The oratorio follows the story of an African couple sold into slavery in the US. In 1987, conductor Paul Freeman became Founding Musical Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta. This orchestra’s mission is “Musical Excellence Through Diversity”. Dr. Freeman served for 24 years. Violinist Aaron Dworkin. Courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation website. Violinist Aaron Dworkin founded the non-profit Sphinx Organization in 1996 to cultivate the development of young black and Latino musicians in the classical music profession. The Sphinx Competition, spotlights young black and Latino string players on a national platform. Composer George Walker received the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra, a work commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra as part of its tribute to tenor Roland Hayes. This was the first time a living African American won the prize for music. Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves. Courtesy of the artist’s website. In 2001 mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves sang “America the Beautiful” and “The Lord’s Prayer” at the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance Service at the Washington National Cathedral following the September 11 attacks. James DePriest conducting the Oregon Sympony. Courtesy of the Sympony’s website. In 2005, James DePriest, one of classical music’s most accomplished conductors who at the time of his death in 2013 was Laureate Music Director of the Oregon Symphony and Director Emeritus of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at the Juilliard School, received the National Medal of Arts. Tim Brooks won a 2007 Grammy award for Best Historical Release with his Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, which includes performances by Harry Burleigh, Roland Hayes, and Edward Boatner. Tenor Noah Stewart. Photograph: Mitch Jenkins Mitch Jenkins/PR. In 2012, tenor Noah Stewart became the first black musician to top the UK Classical Album Chart. Of course, we had to leave a GAGILLION people out of our daily Black History Month Facebook posts because (duh) there are just not enough days in the month. Like Jeffrey Mumford, Awadagin Pratt, David Baker, Imani Winds, André Watts, Chelsea Tipton, Thomas Wilkins, Morris Robinson, Lawrence Brownlee, Valerie Coleman, Rachel Jordan, and Tona Brown. And Daniel Bernard Roumain. And Black Violin. And… you get the idea!  But, blacks are still one of classical music’s most under-served communities. As of 2011, according to the League of American Orchestras, only 1.83% of our nation’s orchestras’ makeup was black. Aaron Dworkin has pointed out that African-American composers are often missing in traditional classical music station programming. But people like Dworkin and many others are working to change that!  We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about all of these awesome artists.

Alfred E. Lemmon, Director of the Williams Research Center at the Historic New Orleans Collection introduces OperaCréole with pianists Wilfred Delphin and Samuel Liégeon and narration by Walter Harris Jr. Treemonisha is an opera composed by Scott Joplin. Recorded in 2013.

Join us as we air the 2012 August Musicales Recital of soprano Lisa Edwards-Burrs at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.  She is accompanied by  pianist Michael Simpson. Purcell-Music for A While, Hahn-A Chloris,Debussy-Fantoches, Bachelet-Chere Nuit, Richard Strauss-Zueignung, Schlagende Herzen and Befreit, Puccini-O mio babbino caro, Previn-I Can Smell the Sea Air, Charles Ingram-Weep No More You Sad Fountains, Dream Valley & Little Lamb, Dett-Ride On, King Jesus, Michael Simpson-Deep River, Charles Lloyd-Ain't A that-a Good News, Flanders/Swann-A Word on My Ear ENCORE:  Work-This Little Light of Mine Lisa Edwards-Burrs, who has been described as “a soprano of crystalline beauty”,received degrees in Vocal Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia (B.M. and M.M.) and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (D.M.A.).   An accomplished lyric-coloratura soprano, her performances in recital, oratorio and chamber music are extensive.  Her operatic roles include:Athena in The Furies, Ola/Harriet Tubman in Vanqui, Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Monica in The Medium, Despina in Così fan tutti, Treemonisha in Treemonisha, Adina in L’elisir d’amore and Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea.

Soprano Carmen Bathrop reflects on crowning moments of her career, including her Metropolitan Opera Audition, numerous performances and teaching at the University of Maryland at College Park