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2021-02-18 00:38:00
WPR.org: Wisconsin Public Radio Celebrates The Music Of Florence Price
[…] weekend. Price was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887 and showed early promise as a performer. She studied piano and organ at the New England Conservatory of Music, then headed the music department at Clark Atlanta University. After a number of racial incidents, however, she decided to move to Chicago, where her career as a composer began to blossom. The story of Florence Price is complex and inspiring, and Stephanie Elkins will be talking more about it in a free Badger Talk on March 2. This will include more about the obstacles Price overcame, and that fact that much of her music was nearly lost — a significant amount was discovered in a derelict house in 2009. Upcoming selections include: Monday, Feb. 22: Dances in the Canebrakes; Fantasie Negre Tuesday, Feb. 23: Mississippi River Suite; Symphony No. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 24: Symphony No. 3; The Oak […]
2019-09-09 00:14:00
JewishExponent.com: Recordings of Ethiopian pianist Girma Yifrashewa
Girma Yifrashewa Jewish Exponent New Exhibit at Beth Sholom Congregation Tells Story of Diasporas By Eric Schucht September 8, 2019 Beth Sholom Congregation [Elkins Park, PA] has hosted lectures, concerts and a laser-light show for Chanukah, but it’s never done anything like this. Visual artist David Hartt’s new exhibit is being billed as a first-of-its-kind display at Beth Sholom, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed National Historic Landmark in Elkins Park. Titled “David Hartt: The Histories (Le Mancenillier),” it will be on display from Sept. 11 to Dec. 19. The multimedia installation uses video, sculpture and music to tell the histories of Jewish and black diasporas in the United States. The exhibit’s main focus is the life and work of Louis Moreau Gottschalk. The 19th-century American composer was raised by a Jewish father and Creole mother. He left his […]
2016-10-16 14:44:24
The lady is a camp
Happy 91st birthday Dame Angela Lansbury. Born on this day in 1854 writer Oscar Wilde. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUIruFDj0V0 Born on this day in 1888 playwright Eugene O’Neill. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCaPqzMYkI Born on this day in 1913 bass Guus Hoekman. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foty9GbB9Jc Born on this day in 1913 baritone Gino Bechi. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=R99iVDgydA0 Happy 86th birthday conductor James Lockhart. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8orNCAOl0 Born on this day in 1930 or 1932 mezzo-soprano Margreta Elkins. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQzFbRkO2U Born on this day in 1932 conductor Henry Lewis. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jT5Uv8WHM Happy 54th birthday baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QeKn6V2wag
2016-09-28 03:40:08
The works of Davis & Elkins College alumni and faculty spanning more than five decades is represented in a display throughout Booth Library.
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