Sometimes when someone makes a suggestion to you, it kind of sticks with you. That’s what happened to jazz artist Darrell Grant. He decided to act on this suggestion from a friend by composing Step by Step, The Ruby Bridges Suite. It is a piece about the 6-year-old girl who was the first African American […]
In honor of Earth Month, April, more than a few composers have released albums about their love of our home planet, and their anxiety about its health. This week’s episode features three of those albums. UNDREAMED SHORES, THE ELASTIC HEART OF YOUTH AND WHAT IS NOIS These are links to the competitions and opportunities mentioned […]
There have been several studies on the effect of music on mental health. This is especially true with the elderly. A long running study out of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is finding that dementia may be delayed in the over 70 set if music is in their lives. Dr. Joanne Ryan is the co-author […]
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This play, set in 1967, is about the first African American manager of a dormitory at a prestigious women’s college. THE CAST OF NEW TIMES SHANNA RICHARDS – DIANE MARSHALL DEANDRA CHANDLER – SAGE JOHNSON VIVIAN GLAUER – HORTENSE AMSTEN NATALIA RIOS – MOLLY HARGROVE JULIETTE QUITA – RAINE TAYLOR KRISTEN MORLEY – NARRATOR
Composer Chinary Ung has been composing music for 60 plus years. His compositions are heavily affected by his childhood in Cambodia and the deadly events that happened there back in the mid 1970’s. But he says he’s blessed that he was able to come to America in the 1960’s to study the western style of […]
It took pianist Rebeca Omordia 8 years to create the African Concert Series in London. She was even told that African classical music wasn’t really classical at all, nor would anyone want to listen to it. The series is very popular now. So much so that Wigmore Hall in London has gifted Omordia a residency […]
Conductor and Music Director JoAnn Falletta of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has fulfilled a dream. She’s released A Hero’s Life. The album has two pieces, one from Richard Strauss and another that’s a world premiere recording of Behzad Ranjbaran’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Falletta is also releasing another edition of her book of poetry, […]
When you think of countertenors what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Randall Scotting, a countertenor, sees himself as a preserver of this unique male voice. He’s releasing the album Divine Impresario to celebrate one of the most popular castrato opera singers of the 17th and 18th centuries. His name is Nicolini. […]
In these last few weeks of Black History Month, there are still many more events celebrating Black excellence. One such event is with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, who founded the series “Music by Black Composers” as part of her foundation, the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation. She did it to advance opportunities to study and perform […]