John Michael CooperDec 20, 20223 min readFLORENCE PRICE’S MOTHER AND FATHER SUED THE RAILROAD FOR DISCRIMINATIONSpeaking Truth to Power In the late nineteenth century, the railroads were the primary means for shipping goods and materials quickly,...
John Michael CooperApr 6, 20219 min readTHE PROBLEM WITH PROGRAMS (Part 2)Florence Price’s First Symphony, the 1933-34 World’s Fair, and Three Tribbles In the first part of this post I talked about the context...
John Michael CooperApr 1, 20217 min readTHE PROBLEM WITH PROGRAMS (Part 1)Florence Price’s First Symphony, the 1933-34 World’s Fair, and Three Tribbles Never in my career of writing did I expect that one day I...
John Michael CooperSep 5, 20205 min readCHALLENGING A "SONIC REFUGE OF WHITENESS" IN UNDERGRAD MUSIC HISTORY COURSESA small Liberal Arts college music-history sequence to abandon its "sonic refuge of Whiteness" and teach more inclusively.
John Michael CooperJul 16, 20206 min readFLORENCE PRICE AND RACIST STEREOTYPES In two little-known piano suites Florence Price took on popular Black stereotypes by humanizing her subjects through her music.