Prolific freeborn Creole composer Edmond Dédé’s career took him from New Orleans to Paris, but his masterwork has remained ...

Here are nine options to explore for this weekend in metro Detroit: Unidentified Maker, Mrs. Lydia Bull Royse’s School, ...

In an essay prepared for the program, historian Sally McKee notes that Dédé’s opera “stands as the oldest extant opera score by an African-American composer.” OperaCréole founder and ...

Cann knows that many of the names on this program are unknown, but she hopes Chicago audiences will give it a chance.

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra's third annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration concert, "New Musical World," will ...

OPERA IN THE PARK Portland, in partnership with PLACE, Portland Parks & Recreation’s Community Music Center, and Y.O.U.TH, ...

In celebration of Black History Month, the First Presbyterian Church presents a new concert series celebrating Black ...

On Feb. 28, around 3,000 students will attend the “Classically Black: Great Music of African-American Composers” at the ...

Music played a key role in African American religious life. Hymns and spirituals, many written by black composers, accompanied preaching in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and other ...

Pacific Symphony and the Arts & Learning Conservatory partner to present "Symphonic Soul: A Celebration of African American ...

Next month, the Talladega College Department of Fine Arts will host a special lecture, recognizing the late African-American ...