Our 16th year of this annual event explores the African diaspora. FREE and open to the public.
The program is curated by Artina McCain, winner of an Austin Critics Table Award
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Our 16th year of this annual event explores the African diaspora. FREE and open to the public.
The program is curated by Artina McCain, winner of an Austin Critics Table Award for the 2018 Black Composers Concert. Featured composers this year include Chevalier de Saint-Georges, William Grant Still, and Tania León.
Schedule
Sonata No. 2 in A Major | Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799, West Indies/France)
Suite for Violin and Piano | William Grant Still (1895-1978, United States)
Tumbao | Tania León (b. 1943, Cuba)
Pan con Timba | Aldo López Gavilán (b. 1979, Cuba)
INTERMISSION
5 Negro Melodies for Piano Trio | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912, England)
Selections of Bomba y Plena | Samuel López (b. 1982, Puerto Rico)
