Of Folk, Faith, and Fellowship: Exploring Chicago’s African-American Women Composers
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Join pianist and scholar Samantha Ege in “Of Folk, Faith, and Fellowship: Exploring Chicago’s African-American Women Composers” and explore the music and lives of four great composers! Florence Price and Margaret Bonds lived and composed on Chicago’s South Side during the remarkable artistic period of the Chicago Black Renaissance in the 1930s. Ege also explores the remarkable music of contemporary composers Dolores White and Regina Harris Baiocchi, and how their friendship has supported them to become strong voices within a community of contemporary composers.
The event is Free & Open to the Public.
The program includes:
Fantasie Negre by Florence Price
Azuretta by Regina Harris Baiocchi
Toccata by Dolores White
Sonata in E minor by Florence Price
Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds
This program is partially supported by a grant from Illinois Humanities.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
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