John Michael CooperDec 3, 20212 minOUR PROMISES TO THE WORLDA Teacher Bids a Fond Farewell (for now) to His Fine Students and an Adventurous Course [Background: Yesterday was the last regular class...
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 CooperJun 17, 20213 minA FLORENCE PRICE PREMIERE, MARGARET BONDS, AND A SELF-CORRECTIONThis post is a short one, but I hope you’ll find it interesting. In an earlier post I remarked that Florence Price had submitted all four...
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)