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American composer Roy Harris’ last completed symphony, “Bicentennial Symphony” (13th), premiered February 10, 11, 12 at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of...
View ArticleViolinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory with the Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra
Violinist Annelle Kazumi Gregory is the Long Beach Central Area Association/MusicUNTOLD most promoted artist over the past 10 years. See Annelle’s performance with the Kiev Virtuosi Symphony...
View ArticleLara Downes Women’s History Month
Wednesday March 2, 2022 while listening to KUSC classical radio station 91.5 FM, temporary host Lara Downes (weeknights 8:00 PM to midnight) programmed “Three Spirituals” by Adolphus Hailstork (Naxos...
View ArticleMeet the Composer: Derrick Skye
Sunday March 6, 2022 at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles the Afro-American Chamber Orchestra Music Society, under baton of dynamic Vince Womack, performed an abbreviated version of “Lift...
View ArticleLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert reports
January 8, 2022 I attended a wonderful Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert at Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena that included a short piece, “STRUM”, composed by composer of African descent Jessie...
View ArticleOrchestra of Ukraine
American composer Roy Harris was a treasured friend and LBCAA/MusicUNTOLD is currently developing a performance of his “Bicentennial Symphony”. See Profiles in Courage-National Symphony Orchestra of...
View ArticleDr. Karen Walwyn new digital recording of FLORENCE PRICE
Composer/pianist Karen Walwyn new digital recording of FLORENCE PRICE immediately available on line...
View ArticleJuneteenth at the Korean Friendship Bell – June 19, 2022
Let us come together in celebration of Juneteenth, when, on June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston Texas and informed the enslaved peoples of their emancipation —more than...
View ArticleGeorge Walker and Latonia Moore
Sunday July 24, 2022 WCRB classical 99.5 Tanglewood Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast included composer William Grant Still’s “In Memoriam, The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy” and soprano...
View ArticleCelebrating historical women composers
Dr. Samantha Ege has released an album of piano music by five trailblazing early twentieth-century African American female composers. The album is called Black Renaissance Woman: Piano Music by...
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