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2021-04-18 23:16:00
Cynthia Cozette Lee: Black Classical Firsts Honored in April: Day 16 – Sylvia Olden Lee, Acclaimed Vocal Coach, Pianist and Music Educator
[…] experience and knowledge about opera and music. She was very proud of her American heritage being a granddaughter of slaves. She recounted some of her memorable experiences of accompanying great singers in concert. She had accompanied Paul Robeson, Todd Duncan, Roland Hayes and many others. I sat in awe during the interview on hearing her many accomplishments. The next time I met Sylvia Olden Lee was when I attended a performance and gala reception of Opera Ebony’s “Nabucco” at the Academy of Music. I met Maestro Everett Lee for the first time briefly. I also had the opportunity to speak briefly with Sylvia Lee at the reception. A day or two later, I unexpectedly briefly met both Mrs. Sylvia Lee and Maestro Everett Lee again at a Mozart On The Square concert in Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia. Max Rudolph, the illustrious conductor, was conducting this program. Unfortunately, I was […]
2021-04-05 15:43:00
Dr. Cynthia Cozette Lee: Black Classical Firsts Biographies - Everett Lee, Conductor - Day 5
[…] Mr. Lee frequently traveled the world conducting concerts with major symphony orchestras, opera companies and chamber music groups. He was currently residing in Sweden when he was not traveling. In 1983, I was volunteering as the producer and host of my Black classical music WPEB public broadcasting radio interview program titled “Classical Reflections.” I hoped to obtain an interview with Maestro Lee for my program when he would come to Philadelphia to conduct for Opera Ebony. The Opera Ebony Company presented grand operas performed, produced, directed and attended predominantly by Black Americans annually in Philadelphia. Opera Ebony would hire Maestro Lee as music director for some of their productions at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. By 1983 Maestro Lee was scheduled to conduct the Opera Ebony production of Verdi’s opera “Nabucco”. At that time, I had already interviewed his famous opera vocal coach wife, Mrs. Sylvia Olden Lee, […]
2020-05-27 00:00:00
Harlem Chamber Players Upcoming Online Programs - June 5, 10 and 14
[…] Church of Saint John the Divine, Goddard Riverside Community Center, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Harlem School of the Arts, Harlem One Stop, Broadway Presbyterian Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Manhattanville, The Forum and Columbia University, Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, Harlem Arts Alliance, Harlem Stage, Composers Now, Talea Ensemble, Harlem Opera Theater, Harry T. Burleigh Society, Opera Noire, Three on 3, Opera Ebony, Chorale Le Chateau, the Newark School of the Arts, Arts High School in Newark, Africlassical.com.blogspot.com, and the Institute of Music for Children in Elizabeth, NJ. Visit our Website Liz Player, Founder, Executive and Artistic Director Carl Jackson, Associate Artistic Director and Director of Development The Harlem Chamber Players, Inc. | 212-866-1492 STAY CONNECTED The Harlem Chamber Players | 191 […]
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