John Michael CooperFeb 167 minSEQUINA DUBOSE: FROM “BLURRED LINES,” A MESSAGE CRYSTAL CLEAR (pt. 1 of 2)In some ways, the year 2023 was a year of revanchism and regression in classical music. Just a few years earlier, many voices –...
John Michael CooperMar 24, 20234 minMARGARET BONDS, LANGSTON HUGHES, AND THE JOY OF “JOY”: A Conspirare Premiere and a Gratuitous Youthful Photo Langston Hughes’s poem Joy was first published in the collection The Weary Blues...
John Michael CooperMay 31, 20223 minOF HOPE AND NEW BEGINNINGSA Commencement Letter from Langston Hughes, Shared with Margaret Bonds We are in an age of marches, of collective protests against...
John Michael CooperMar 19, 20223 minTHE WORLD PREMIERE OF FLORENCE PRICE’S FIRST CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION The Song of Hope sounds at Ithaca College under the baton of Michael Stern [This post is occasioned by the world première of Florence B....
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John Michael CooperFeb 167 minSEQUINA DUBOSE: FROM “BLURRED LINES,” A MESSAGE CRYSTAL CLEAR (pt. 1 of 2)