John Michael CooperFeb 24, 20213 minTHE SPOKEN POETRY OF FLORENCE B. PRICEA Recitation of Her Unpublished Song of Hope [updated Feb. 28, 2021] Sometime in 1930, Florence B. Price (1887-1953) wrote a poem titled...
John Michael CooperFeb 13, 20214 minANOTHER FLORENCE PRICE PREMIEREMaeve Brophy and one of the Seven Descriptive Pieces for Piano Solo (1927-28) [Updated 15 February 2021] A month or so ago I published...
John Michael CooperFeb 11, 20215 minRACIAL JUSTICE AND AMERICAN PATRIOTISMResurrecting a Blacklisted Musical Affirmation of Freedom from 1976 in 2021 [Update (March 8, 2021): The June 13, 2009 revival of...
John Michael CooperFeb 2, 20212 minCELEBRATING MARGARET BONDS, COMPOSER AND PIANISTA Concert and a Premiere Broadcast by Bass-Baritone Timothy Jones, Pianist Howard Watkins, and ROCO Margaret Bonds (1913-72) is...
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)