Tag: Florence Price
Pianist Althea Waites Has Bonds with Black Female Composers
"Both Price and Bonds were teachers and fierce advocates for inclusion at a time when it was hardly popular."
New In Music This Week: September 22nd
Last week technical issues prevented me from posting our weekly music column. Though this is New In Music This Week: September 22nd, it includes some...
New in Music This Week: May 19th
Coltrane, Parker, Kimberly Akimbo and André Previn
Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson: A War of Attrition
"The inherent understanding of genius, stifled genius, unrecognized genius, not given the support and the nourishment that it deserves and having to find its own way. I understand that completely."
Michelle Cann Found Her Soul Sister…
"Florence Price was an inspiration to me because she wrote what was part of her and inside of her. Her music is her soul."
Soprano Julia Bullock Wants to Rock Your Soul
"I made a lot of peace with who I am and how I also am expanding in the various roles that I can take on and feel comfortable in."
Irina Meachem Celebrates The Ways We Come Together
"A singer goes through so much; they have such a big job to do. And I respect what they go through. I can't do it. Yet there are things that the pianist does which is equally impressive and important for me."
Composer Jessie Montgomery: Classical Music’s Sonic and Seismic Shift
"I think we all have to have that attitude as artists - that we can create what we want when we want to create it. That should be the case for everybody."