The latest mammoth release by Igor Levit, a new symphonic work by John Luther Adams and music by William Grant Still are among the highlights. “The March to Liberation” offers a rarity that should be ...
Imagine looking up at cathedral windows. Traceries are the ornate stonework in Gothic windows. Pianist Rochelle Sennet brings us William Grant Still’s Seven Traceries, with poetic movement titles like ...
In 1954, American composer William Grant Still traveled to Bates to accept an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for creating music that placed him “among the leaders in interracial influence.” Seventy ...
The Philadelphia Orchestra will feature the works of George Gershwin, Anna Clyne, and William Grant Still at Verizon Hall Oct. 6-8. With Still’s Symphony N. 4 (also known as “autochthonous”), the ...
William Grant Still, considered the dean of African American composers, is best known as the first to have a symphony performed by a major symphony orchestra. Until 1950, his 1930 “Afro-American” ...
With Thanksgiving next week, you might be making plans to travel home, or you might be remembering past family gatherings.
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Boston Chamber Symphony has announced its upcoming concert featuring ...
The format for Thursday night’s Philadelphia Orchestra concert is tried and true: pairing two 19th-century warhorses with a more recent and unfamiliar work. William Grant Still’s symphonic suite Wood ...
In concert at the Grand Teton Music Festival, David Lockington leads the Festival Orchestra in An American Fanfare, by Adolphus Hailstork. And then we hear from a home grown Las Vegas ensemble called ...
Three musicians from the University of Central Oklahoma are among the performers who played on a recently released CD featuring symphonies by groundbreaking African-American composer William Grant ...
Still wrote his autobiography at the age of 39, and it was misplaced in his archives until now. He offers a very personal and honest account of his life and music. Judith Anne Still adds comments and ...
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