[" Public
Radio International co-host Celeste Headlee shares with Lawton
Elementary students stories about her grandfather, William Grant
Still on Jan. 13." Photo courtesy of Christy Potter.]
Ann
Arbor Public Schools
By
Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service
Special guests at Lawton Elementary’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
celebration brought history to life on Friday, Jan. 13.
Public
Radio International
co-host Celeste Headlee, conductor John McLaughlin Williams and vocal
performer...Read Full Story
[ Public
Radio International co-host Celeste Headlee shares with Lawton
Elementary students stories about her grandfather, William Grant
Still on Jan. 13.]
On
Jan. 16, 2012 AfriClassical posted: “A2Schools.org: PRI Co-HostCeleste Headlee, Conductor John McLaughlin Williams & SingerDaniel Washington in Ann Arbor Jan. 13.” Today Maestro John McLaughlinWilliams writes:
“Thanks Bill. There was a large crowd present
at Lawton School for this, and Celeste had them mesmerized by the...Read Full Story
[ Africa:
Piano Music of William Grant Still ;
Denver Oldham, piano; Koch 3 7084 2H1 (1991)]
On
Jan. 9, 20112 AfriClassical posted: “John Malveaux: 'Thanks to
Maestro John McLaughlin Williams...the William Grant Still library is
still open for appreciation.'” John McLaughlin Williams comments:
“Bill,
you're very kind to put this up, but I don't think I deserve it. It's
an old performance, but I thought that with so few of Still's works
readily available, having one more that hasn't...Read Full Story
[John
McLaughlin Williams]
Uploaded
by minacciosa on Jan 7, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7F1mw9Zefg
"Archaic
Ritual is an orchestral suite in three movements written in 1946 by
the great African-American composer William Grant Still . While having
no program, it is evocative of a pagan ceremony worshiping idols and
long dead Gods, with its finale suggesting a frenzied dance resultant
from the ritual ingestion of mind-altering narcotics. The work...Read Full Story
[John McLaughlin
Williams]
On Jan. 8, 2012
AfriClassical posted: “John McLaughlin Williams Conducts CentennialCelebration Orchestra in 'Archaic Ritual' by William Grant Still onYouTube (17:29).” John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com has made this
comment:
“ I
once heard Malcolm X's daughter say 'every time an elder dies, it is
like a library burning down.' Thanks to Maestro John McLaughlinWilliams and others, the William Grant Still library is still open
for appreciation and recognition...Read Full Story
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