John Michael CooperMay 24, 20204 minSILENCE AND SOUNDMargaret Bonds's little-known settings of Robert Frost's well-known "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" teach important lessons.
John Michael CooperMay 3, 20205 minTHE HEART OF A WOMANFlorence Price's "The Heart of a Woman" gives eloquent voice to the issues faced by African Americans as well as women.
John Michael CooperApr 30, 20204 minTHE WEAPONS OF LIGHTA little-known aspect of Felix Mendelssohn's 1840 Song of Praise shows the importance of learning and optimism in times of crisis.
John Michael CooperApr 24, 20204 minFLORENCE PRICE AND THE SORROW SONGS: "I'm Troubled in My Mind" Florence Price's newly published piano arrangement of the slave song "Troubled in My Mind" eloquently sounds spirit of the ancestral melody.
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)