Musically Celebrate Black History Month
In February America celebrates Black History Month, taking time to honor African Americans. In this blog post I pay tribute to composers Florence Price and William Grant Still, and to…
William Grant Still
Mother and Child
American composer William Grant Still decided to orchestrate the 2nd movement of his 1943 Suite for Violin and Piano for string orchestra. The result? An intensified version of what was already a very moving musical…
Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!