Philippa Schuyler News
American pianist and composer
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2022-03-25 22:22:35
https://musicuntold.com/index.php/meet-derrick-skye/?fbclid=IwAR1IJUjIHoaa4IW9XWpHsr97Y7IKOkgvGgAR98ajGyR5Rm1iHGf7WZm-ppc John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes: Sunday March 6, 2022 at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles the Afro-American Chamber Orchestra Music Society, under baton of dynamic Vince Womack, performed an abbreviated version of “Lift Every Voice & Sing”, “Rumpelstiltskin”-Fairy Tale Symphony, Movement III by pianist/composers Philippa Duke Schuyler and William Grant Still “Sunday Symphony No. 3” during first half. The excitement began during an interview after intermission of Los Angeles composer Derrick Skye by Peter Allman from Celebrity News that included questions to Derrick Skye from local students. See bios of Derrick Skye https://www.laco.org/people/derrick-skye/ and https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/4980/derrick-skye The 2nd half spotlighted compositions by Derrick Skye titled “As I Heard When I Was Young” and “Prisms, Cycles and Leaps”. Both compositions demonstrate his concepts of inclusivity from different cultures and the “only rule is-there is no rule”. I am […]
2022-03-05 00:28:11
Newberry.edu: Dr. Sarah Masterson to Release Philippa Schuyler Album of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" on Centaur Records April 1
Dr. Sarah Masterson Philippa Schuyler (1931-1967) NEWBERRY, S.C. (March 2, 2022) — On April 1, Dr. Sarah Masterson, associate professor of music at Newberry College, will release her much-anticipated album — a first-ever recording of Philippa Schuyler’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom.” The album will be published by Centaur Records and will be available through all major sellers and streaming services. The album gives new life to one of the last works of Philippa Schuyler, concert pianist, composer and journalist whose music has been largely unheard since her untimely death 55 years ago. Schuyler was born in 1931 in Harlem to George Schuyler, an African American journalist, and Josephine Cogdell, a white artist and writer from Texas. Philippa was performing Mozart at age five, and by 10 she had earned national fame as a young composer. […]
2022-01-18 15:47:00
A Negro in front of a white symphony group? No - I'm sorry
[…] the first black music director of a major US orchestra was James de Priest in Portland, and Thomas Wilkins is now in Omaha as well as principal conductor at the Hollywood Bowl. By all means please update Everett's biographical information and submit it to Wikipedia as well. That valuable addition to the Everett Lee path arrived a few days ago from Michael O'Daniel. Thankfully attitudes have changed since the days when Everett Lee, Philippa Schuyler, Rudolph Dunbar, Dean Dixon and other musicians of colour were struggling to build their careers. But echoes of that headline do still linger on. ______________________________________________________________
2021-03-17 20:09:00
Douglas Boyce: Hunt by Night (CD Review)
Douglas Boyce Hunt By Night: Chamber Works by Douglas Boyce counter)induction; Trio Cavatina; Beth Guterman Chu, viola; Schuyler Slack, cello, Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano New Focus CD In selecting the fifteenth century “L’Homme Arme” tune as the centerpiece for his quintet by the same name, composer Douglas Boyce demonstrates an affinity for connecting music of […]
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