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2022-05-15 23:30:44
Castle of our Skins is donating 100% of its May Black Composer Miniature Challenge Anthology proceeds to the National Negro Opera House
[…] the world of fundraising, it is not a lot of money, and it is doable,” she said. “We are hoping to get last thousands of dollars from foundations and the community.” Preserving the history of the house is Solomon’s driving force. She said the community’s support has been crucial for the nonprofit. Soloman said it has received more than $500,000 in grants from organizations and foundations. In April, the Pittsburgh Opera and the National Opera House announced a long-term programmatic and strategic partnership. The partnership includes developing curricula and programming in music education, artistic development and community engagement, according to a press release. “There are so many people in the city who want to see it happen successfully,” she said. Once the nonprofit secures a permit for the house, a groundbreaking will be planned, Solomon said. ”That is the next big exciting […]
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2021-11-10 15:38:25
Pittsburgh Opera receives biggest ever gift
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2021-04-17 00:39:00
Sergio A. Mims: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: National Negro Opera Company house receives another bravo — and $500,000
[…] reason for the house’s sudden fame. Credit that to opera singer Mary Cardwell Dawson, who in 1941 founded the National Negro Opera Company here. The company staged performances in Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., which was its headquarters when it disbanded in the 1960s. Ms. Graves learned about Ms. Dawson and first visited the house in 2017 while performing in “The Summer King: The Josh Gibson Story” with Pittsburgh Opera. “I am an African American woman opera singer, and it’s because of trailblazers like Mary Cardwell Dawson who paved the way … that allows us to have the careers that we do today,” she said during a recent visit. “We have to carry on where she left off.” Ms. Solomon is grateful to Ms. Graves, the Mellon foundation and all the others who have taken up her labor of […]
2021-02-13 01:50:00
Post-Gazette.com: Pittsburgh Opera offers free digital concert for Black History Month February 26, 7 PM EST: Music of Florence Price and William Grant Still
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette FEB 12, 2021 Tyler Dague Pittsburgh Opera is used to holding free concerts in the chamber space within its historic Strip District headquarters. Due to the pandemic, those offerings have moved online with concerts celebrating Valentine’s Day and Black History Month. *** For Black History Month, Pittsburgh Opera will host “I, Too, Am America,” a program of music from African-American composers Florence Price and William Grant Still. Price was the first African-American woman to have one of her works performed by a major orchestra when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played her first symphony in 1933. Still remains one of the most prominent Black composers in the opera world. The concert features the opera’s head of music, Glenn Lewis, on piano and baritone Yazid Gray. The live broadcast begins at 7 p.m. Feb. 26, on […]
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