The Pressure Of Being The First One. The Dreams of a Nigerian Violinist and Florence Price. On Classical Music In Color

19/10/2023 23 min
The Pressure Of Being The First One. The Dreams of a Nigerian Violinist and Florence Price. On Classical Music In Color

Listen "The Pressure Of Being The First One. The Dreams of a Nigerian Violinist and Florence Price. On Classical Music In Color"

Episode Synopsis

Rosalyn Aninyei is doing her best to create and maintain a world class orchestra in her home country of Nigeria. Florence Price is getting the festival treatment at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Blake-Anthony Johnson talks about his path to become the first African American to be the CEO of a world-renowned orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta. There’s a new album of music by Florence Price and William Dawson via the Philadelphia Orchestra. Here’s a link to the Margaret Bonds Symposium at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina.