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George Shirley's week of performances across Cincinnati will add another first to a long list in his career. He'll be the first artist to perform with the four major classic music groups.
Joseph Horowitz, concert producer, cultural historian, and author of Dvořák's Prophecy and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music John McWhorter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University Sidney Outlaw, baritone singer; Professor of Voice, Manhattan School of Music; Voice Faculty, Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival Moderated by Allen C. Guelzo, Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship In 1892, the master Czech composer Antonín Dv...
The recording is of the high-octane variety, fitting for what Douglas dubs, “The Black Lion rocket ship.” One can’t help but hear the echoes of Coltrane’s Classic Quartet or Mingus' small combos.
Melodious isn’t unsophisticated.
The South Bend Symphony's April 2 concert is the first in the orchestra's 89-year history composed entirely of works by Black composers.