Still Swinging, Still Classic: A Musical Biography of Pioneering Pianist...
As All Ears commemorates Black History Month, we present a portrait of Hazel Scott (1920-1981), the wife of late Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and a Julliard-trained pianist who performed in...
View ArticleI, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes, an enduring icon of the Harlem Renaissance, is best-known for his written work, which wedded his fierce dedication to social justice with his belief in the transformative power of the...
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Realism vs. Racism: Opera's Casting Call
Some of my African-American friends like to remark, only partially in jest, that February was designated as Black History Month because it is the shortest month of the year. With 2012 being a leap...
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The Shoulders On Which They Stand
In my previous post about blackness in opera, I explored how makeup is used on certain singers to transform them (externally, at least) into characters of one race or another. This was but one of many...
View Article100 Years with the Morehouse Glee Club
WQXR's Black History Month celebration continues with a broadcast at 10 pm Wednesday, Feb. 22, of the Morehouse College Glee Club, recorded live in The Greene Space.In 2011, the Morehouse College Glee...
View ArticleLive Webcast: Langston and Zora's Unsung Collaboration
Watch the VIDEO ARCHIVE BELOWLike countless creative collaborations, the one between the American writers Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes was fruitful but ultimately ended in acrimony.On Friday...
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