Black Classical Composers and Musicians
Black people have composed and performed classical music as long as the genre has existed. King Henry VIII had a Black trumpeter, John Blanke. Beethoven wrote the Kreutzer Sonata for a Black violinist, George Bridgetower (1780-1860). Le... [more]
Black people have composed and performed classical music as long as the genre has existed. King Henry VIII had a Black trumpeter, John Blanke. Beethoven wrote the Kreutzer Sonata for a Black violinist, George Bridgetower (1780-1860). Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) was a leading Afro-French composer, violinist and conductor in Paris. He regularly played music at Versailles with Queen Marie-Antoinette.
LonGar Ebony Symphony Orchestra, Julius P. Williams, Kenneth Harris, Sr. & Richard Alston at Alice Tully Hall Oct. 23
(Julius P. Williams, composer and conductor; Richard C. Alston, pianist)
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Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater
Join LonGar Ebony Symphony Orchestra (instrumentalists are classically trained Afro-Americans) and soloists on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 8:00 p.m. The orchestra will perform an exciting concert featuring Dr. Julius Williams, conductor and composer <
http://www.juliuspwilliams.com>; Kenneth Harris, Sr, conductor and composer; the First Afro-American 12-Viola Ensemble; Octogenarian soprano Roberta Long; Richard Alston, pianist; with works of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Aaron Copland, Raymond Luis Rosario, Aaron Copland; and An African Response.
LonGar Ebony has performed as chamber ensembles, individual soloists, opera company musicians, back-up on recordings, television programs and in public school music and art demonstration workshops. Plans are being finalized for a Panama/South American Music Festival featuring LonGar's artists.
Complimentary Tickets Available for Relatives & Friends of Richard Alston. Send your request for 1 or 2 tickets to Alstonpianist@aol.com View Alston’s videos http://www.youtube.com/rcapno
(Julius Penson Williams, b. 1954, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, 1932-2004, are profiled at AfriClassical.com)
Julius P. Williams
Kenneth Harris, Sr.
Richard C. Alston
Roberta Long
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
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