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The exhibition at San Francisco's historic Fort Point connects today’s top artists with historical Black genius.
That eclectic album featured guitarist Larry Carlton and other acclaimed session musicians while showcasing Houston’s vocal ...
The Boston-based Black art institution is spreading joy by teaching children all about Black art through music and so much ...
Tampa’s been a great spot for musical talent of the past and present, and the nation was reminded of that when rapper Doechii ...
Johnson, a pioneering Black musician born in Philadelphia in 1792, was the first African American composer to publish sheet ...
The Marshall L. Davis Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center will present “Revelations in Rhythm,” a live performance highlighting the roots of African rhythms in American tap dance.
AND THE IDEA IS TO FEATURE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND EXPOSE BOTH THE U OF L STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAYBE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC THAT THEY ...
In an essay prepared for the program, historian Sally McKee notes that Dédé’s opera “stands as the oldest extant opera score by an African-American composer.” OperaCréole founder and ...
Next month, the Talladega College Department of Fine Arts will host a special lecture, recognizing the late African-American composers, Florence Price and Margaret Bonds. The lecture ...
The contributions of African American composers to the world of symphonic music will be the focus of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s third annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration ...
On Feb. 28, around 3,000 students will attend the “Classically Black: Great Music of African-American Composers” at the Broome County Forum Theatre. The art museum and Philharmonic Orchestra ...
The symphony recognizes and honors the legacy of composers such as Florence Price, William Grant Still and many more, pioneering African American composers whose works were often overlooked and ...