John Michael CooperJan 7, 20236 minJOLLY JINKS WITH FLORENCE PRICETwenty Years Down the Road, a Great Composer Revisits an Early Work and Asks, “What’s in a Name?” There aren’t many students of...
John Michael CooperNov 1, 20223 minJ.S. BACH AND THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH Pianist Elena Piccione and Romanian Astronomer Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu Enact the Composer’s Worldview on November 4 The notion that all...
John Michael CooperJun 10, 20225 min“I NEVER IMAGINED THAT A WOMAN COULD WRITE SUCH MUSIC!”On the Extraordinary Mel-Bonis (1858-1937) [This is the fifth in a series of posts of “blogified” short entries from the forthcoming...
John Michael CooperJun 3, 20222 minFLORENCE PRICE’S SCENES OF TENEMENT LIFEToday witnesses the release of 2022’s second[1] milestone in the recorded legacy of Florence B. Price: the world-premiere recording of...
John Michael CooperMay 184 minTHE HOUSTON EBONY OPERA GUILD SINGS THE DREAM OF FREEDOM, AND ITS PRICE (Part 1 of 3)