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New Focus Recordings: Cellist Diana Golden Releases Tanbou Kache With Pianist Shawn Chang: An Album that Celebrates Haiti’s Rich Art Music Traditions
Cellist Diana Golden Releases Tanbou KacheWith Pianist Shawn Chang An Album that Celebrates Haiti’s Rich Art Music Traditions Through Cello and Piano Works by Iconic20th and 21st Century Haitian Composers [Julio Racine (b. 1945) and Justin Elie (1883-1931) are profiled at AfriClassical.com] Out October 23, 2020 on New Focus Recordings New York, NY (August 27, 2020) – On Friday, October 23, 2020, cellist Diana Golden releases Tanbou Kache, an album that celebrates Haiti’s rich and fascinating art music traditions, on New Focus Recordings. Tanbou Kache (Hidden Drum) outlines the stylistic and chronological trajectory of key composers within this tradition from the 20th century to the present, painting an ever-changing, historical picture of the leading composers of the Haitian national school of classical composition. Recorded with pianist Shawn Chang, the album highlights Haitian cello and piano music by Jean “Rudy” Perrault, Daniel Bernard […]
2019-07-19 00:53:00
HudsonValleyOne.com: Excerpts from Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" Aug. 3
Scott Joplin Hudson Valley One by Violet Snow July 12, 2019 African-American talent will be showcased in two operas at the tenth annual Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, August 2-4, in the Shandaken hamlet of Phoenicia [New York]. Damien Sneed, who led the previous Festival’s extraordinary gospel concert, conducts excerpts from Scott Joplin’s ragtime-influenced opera Treemonisha on Saturday afternoon, August 3. That night, Donizetti’s comedic Elixir of Love is set in an African village, featuring dancers and a drummer originally from West Africa. Outside of black companies such as Opera Noir and Opera Ebony, opportunities for African-Americans to sing the traditional repertoire can be hard to come by. However, Festival executive director Maria Todaro said, “We take whoever is knocking our socks off at auditions. We don’t care about the color of their skin.” Baritone Lawrence Craig, […]
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2019-07-02 04:08:27
Celebrating African Music and Artists with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice
“A key part of the Western musical tradition, opera is an art form that’s, unsurprisingly, associated mainly with white artists and white audiences. But, as with so many aspects of culture and society, opera’s history has its share of vital black performers, patrons, and parallels. With this in mind, the Phoenicia International Festival of the […]
2019-07-02 00:34:00
Chronogram.com: Damien Sneed in Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha," Phoenicia Festival Aug. 3
Damien Sneed reimagines Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha" at the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice on August 3. Chronogram July 1, 2019 Celebrating African Music and Artists with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice [Phoenicia, New York] By Peter Aaron A key part of the Western musical tradition, opera is an art form that's, unsurprisingly, associated mainly with white artists and white audiences. But, as with so many aspects of culture and society, opera's history has its share of vital black performers, patrons, and parallels. With this in mind, the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, which celebrates the power of the human voice in music, is honoring African American artists and African-related themes as part of […]
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