[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] To be black means to be closer to death,” says composer Andre Myers. “There’s not been a day in the last 15 years when I’ve not said or thought I’m not dead.” In the midst of an American society…
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WHY IS AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC SO WHITE? Tom Huizenga Antonin Dvorak predicted that American classical music would draw from African American traditions. A new article wonders why American classical music has remained so white. When the first enslaved Africans landed…
Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn’t methodical, but jazz isn’t messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. If you…
This is heading The bank manager long ago won the battle for the heart of the Stones – surveying the baffling number of hospitality packages and “tiers” of general admission at Hyde Park, one can’t help but feel sorry for…
COMPOSER DISCUSSIONS Black Artistic Invisibility: A Black Composer Talking ‘Bout Taking Care of The Souls of Black Folks While Losing Much Ground Fast (Delivered at Bowling Green University February 19, 2004) Bill Banfield
Sometimes I’ll have sections that I’m not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they’ll get moved around; what I think was originally a verse ends up becoming the chorus, or what’s an intro gets dropped…
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn’t know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this…