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June 28, 2020
Art Song Cycle performed in its entirety. From the Dark Tower Dorothy Rudd Moore, Composer Selections performed in order: O black and unknown bards (J.W. Johnson) Southern Mansions (Arna Bontemps) No Images (Waring Cuney)...
June 28, 2020
Music: Nailah Nombeko Text: William Blake Performers: Jayme Allilaw, soprano Maria Thompson Corley, piano Performance information: February 10, 2017 Part of the concert: "Generation Next: Passing the Torch" African American Art Song Alliance 20th...
June 27, 2020
This is a BRIEF EXCERPT of a 1-hr presentation/preview which offers the first “public” performances of pieces from Program One of this two recital series of works by 21st Century Women composers, along with...
June 27, 2020
Music: Brittney Elizabeth Boykin (B.E. Boykin) Text: Maya Angelou Songs: "Tears," "Greyday" & "Sounds like pearls" Performers: Lenora Green-Turner, soprano Brittney Elizabeth Boykin, piano Performance information: February 10, 2017 Part of the concert: "Generation...
June 27, 2020
Baritone Donnie Ray Albert and Pianist Polli Chambers-Salazar perform Composer Robert Owens (1925-2017) 3 songs, Op 41, Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano - words by Claude McKay. 150th Anniversary Emancipation Proclamation Concert co-presented...
June 27, 2020
Rimbaud-Cabaret (Arthur Rimbaud), by Robert Owens Le Dormeur du val Au Cabaret-Vert Rages de Césars Revé pour l’hiver An Evening with Darryl Taylor Scorca Hall, National Opera Center New York, New York April 3,...
June 27, 2020
You've probably never heard of Thomas Wiggins "Blind Tom" before. He was almost forgotten to history. His story is one of amazing talent and phenomenal ability and a sad ending. Born during slavery he...
June 27, 2020
Soul Goes Home: Prelude to a Mornin' · Nnenna Freelon · William Banfield · Mallarmé Chamber Players Songs for the Soul ? 2010 Albany Records Released on: 2010-06-01
June 27, 2020
Left of Black host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Dr. Bill Banfield to discuss the community of Black composers and today's popular music.