A portrait of darkness framed in railroad ties, the entrance to the San Pedro Mine hangs against the stony desert swells of a gray-brown rise of mountains, about thirty miles northeast of Albuquerque. For more than a century, sounds have carried up from deep within the mine—sounds of picks and clattering rock, of metal wheels on steel tracks, miners’ voices, black-powder blasts and, in 1940, the classical strains of a symphony orchestra. The San Pedro Mountains in which the old mine is... Read Full Story
[Participants in Talent Development Program of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra] Rashida Black, Executive Director of The Myrtle Hart Society , tells us a position with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was recently listed in the on-line employment section for the Woodruff Arts Center, http://www.woodruffcenter.org/wac/invo.asp#02 “ The position will include managing the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Talent Development Program (TDP). The TDP identifies and... Read Full Story
[ Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still; Koch 3 7546 2H1 (2002)] Ask The Maestro American Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein, Music Director Jun 6 More American music for ASO? Category: general Dear Maestro, For several years now we have enjoyed Summerscape and the ASO season at Fisher Center and look forward to many more. Our favorite evening, we must admit, was when Ken Burns narrated Lincoln, but last season we also enjoyed Erica’s solos and hope she will do more in... Read Full Story
[ Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still; Koch 3 7546 2H1 (2002)] The online version of the Chicago Sun-Times, SunTimes.com , publishes more AfriClassical posts than any other major media outlet, and not only during Black History Month. Posts are provided to the Sun-Times by BlogBurst, of which AfriClassical is a member, and are prefaced with this explanation: “ Powered by BlogBurst AfriClassical A companion to AfriClassical.com , it celebrates African Heritage in... Read Full Story
John McLaughlin Williams t ells AfriClassical of a May 15, 2008 review by Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer Music Critic: “This is a capsule review in last weekend's Cleveland Plain Dealer. The cd is still so new that it will be a while before the reviews start rolling in.” Bloch and Lees: Violin Concertos Elmar Oliveira, John McLaughlin Williams Artek Elmar Oliveira is the exceptional soloist on this disc of poignant and powerful violin concertos by Ernest Bloch and Benjamin Lees... Read Full Story
