John Michael CooperNov 8, 20214 minA(NOTHER) MARGARET BONDS PREMIERE: African Dance, on a Text by Langston Hughes, Gets Its Posthumous Premiere This Weekend On Sunday, November 14, 2021, Greg Watkins and the...
John Michael CooperOct 15, 20212 minTHE PROGRAM OF THE MONTGOMERY VARIATIONSThe Minnesota Orchestra Has Recorded an Orchestral Masterpiece by Margaret Bonds [Update 11/13/21: The Minnesota Orchestra's recording is...
John Michael CooperSep 20, 20214 minMARGARET BONDS’S SENIOR RECITAL (1933)With a Playlist Before 1934, Margaret Bonds publicly programmed only all-White recitals. After 1934 she never did that again. Why the...
John Michael CooperAug 28, 20214 minFLORENCE PRICE V. LANGSTON HUGHES AT THE “FEET O’ JESUS” Langston Hughes’s relationship with the Christian church was . . . complicated. Except that it wasn’t. While he acknowledged that the...
John Michael CooperFeb 289 minBLACK REINSCRIPTION, WHITE REPRISAL: ELIZABETH KECKLEY AND MARGARET BONDS
John Michael CooperFeb 167 minSEQUINA DUBOSE: FROM “BLURRED LINES,” A MESSAGE CRYSTAL CLEAR (pt. 1 of 2)