40 Photos by Kristin Williams and Pete Nenortas 'can be seen in a slide show on the updated Longfellow Chorus web site'

The Longfellow Chorus March 30, 2013Portland, Maine"SC-T is a cult, a religion, a master. Bravo Maestro."—Dr. William Tortolano, Coleridge-Taylor biographer, March 25, 2013.[Kristen Irby, as Hiawatha, and Fana Tesfagiorgis, as Minnehaha, in the Longfellow Chorus production of the complete Hiawatha, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, March 16 & 17, 2013.]As an audience member commented, was it a dream? After taking a year to plan, organize and...

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CD 'Varietes Tropicales' Released by 'Ecole de Musique Dessaix-Baptiste' in Jacmel, Haiti

Aline BATARD writes from Haiti:NEWSLETTER FROM THE JACMEL MUSIC SCHOOL JANUARY—FEBRUARY 2013 / NO. 15A meeting with Secours Populaire, colored by Variétés Tropicales!The group Popular Aid of Haute Vienne in France has been an im-portant partner of the Dessaix-Baptiste school for the past three years. After their visit to the school last year, we had the idea of producing a CD. And from idea to reality . . . was only a step. Well, actually, a...

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'A Recital of Sacred and Classical Music' of Organist Dr. Grant D. Venerable, II Includes 'Reverie' of William Grant Still

Dr. Grant D. Venerable, II on Biography, Life in Music and Organ Recital:Grant Delbert Venerable II is native to Los Angeles, California. His father Grant D. Venerable (1904-1986), mathematician-civil engineer, was a cornetist and tenor vocalist and his mother Thelma Scott Venerable (1916-1950) was an accomplished organist and homemaker.Young Venerable was trained on the piano by Mmes. Dovie Steward and Harriette Williamson (childhood and teen years)...

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Soprano Marti Newland in MELODEON American Gems Sunday, April 7th, 2013 at 4 Church of the Epiphany, 74th and York, NYC

Marti NewlandMartiNewland.comSoprano Marti Newland has performed in recitals and oratorios throughout the United States and Europe.  Marti is a choral adjudicator for Worldstrides Heritage Festivals and has taught private voice lessons at Seton Hall University.  She has sung in music festivals including three seasons with the Aspen Music Festival Opera Theater Center and Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania, Italy.  Her music...

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Charles Kaufmann: Please help us bring attention to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, his music, and now, his movie, by liking the 'SC-T, The Movie,' Facebook page

Angela Brown, soprano, calls home from Nickelodeon Cinemas in Portland, Maine, before the premiere of "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America" on March 13, 2013.Above: Lester Green conducts and sings with The Longfellow Chorus in Washington in the movie "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900–1912."Choreographer Darrell Moultrie and dancer Kamille Upshaw confer during the filming of the ballet scene for "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor...

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'Folks and Fantasies: The Chamber Music of William Grant Still & Clifford Julstrom' is New CD by William Grant Still Performing Arts Society

William Grant Still (1895-1978)(Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music, and is used with permission)Folks and Fantasies: The Chamber Music of William Grant Still & Clifford Julstrom;William Grant Still Performing Arts Society; Directed by Dr. Everett N. Jones III; William Grant Still Music WGSM CD4001 (2013)Dr. Everett N. Jones III The Folk Music Revival in the U.S. built up over several decades until...

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Sergio Mims: Adolphus C. Hailstork's 'Symphonies 2 & 3' on WHPK-FM, www.whpk.org, 12-3 PM Central Time, April 17, 2013

Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.Sergio Mims:I hope that you and your listeners will have a chance to listen to part or all of my classical music radio show Wednesday, April 17, 12-3PM (U.S. Central Time) on WHPK-FM 88.5 Chicago locally and livestreamed online on www.whpk.orgThe...

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'Incantation and Dance' of William Grant Still Performed at Western Illinois University School of Music Oboe Studio Recital 2 PM Sunday, April 7, 2013

Works By William Grant Still; Videmus; New World Records NWR 80399(Works include Incantation and Dance, for oboe)William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com Recordings, sheet music and books of William Grant Still are available at www.WilliamGrantStill.com, which is operated by the composer's daughter...

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Kappa Journal, Spring 2013, Features David E. Robinson III, Cellist & Founder of 'Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia' for African-American Youth in Atlanta Area

"David E. Robinson III, who is the founder and director of a youth symphony in Atlanta"David E. Robinson III:Greetings Everyone,It is, indeed, an honor to be featured in the Spring 2013 issue of the Kappa Journal. The picture is okay (what a facial expression), but I would have loved to have my students in there with me.  But still, it is a great honor especially receiving my 25-year certificate for being a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,...

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“Scott Joplin’s Interview a Century Later: Composing an African American Cultural Legacy” First Weiner Public Lecture, Rolla, MO, April 15, 2013, Prof. Susan Curtis

Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin; Susan Curtis; University of Missouri Press (2004)Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917) was an African-American composer and pianist of ragtime and classical music.  He is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which relies extensively on an authoritative biography, Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin, written by Susan Curtis and published in 2004 by the University...

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