The Philadelphia Orchestra has begun releasing recordings of music composed by Florence Price. The first Black woman composer to have her work played by a major American orchestra in the 1930s, Price ...
BOULDER, Colo. — Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra (PMC) kicks off its 16th season this weekend with “Apotheosis of the Dance,” featuring works by Beethoven, Florence Price, and Ben Morris. The ...
Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Florence Price’s ‘Piano Quintet in A minor: III. Juba: Allegro’ by the Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin. As in her symphonies, the slow movement of ...
In 1933, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave the world premiere of Symphony No. 1 by a then little-known composer named Florence Price. The performance marked the first time a major orchestra played ...
This was an unexpected pleasure: "Classical Lost and Found: Florence B. Price Rediscovered," from Bob McQuiston of NPR Classical (via Robert Loerzel and the Chicago Philharmonic), a brief piece about ...
A new recording spotlights the tenacious composer, who was the first African-American woman to have her work performed by a major symphony orchestra. Revisiting The Pioneering Composer Florence Price ...