A brief chronology / Carolyn L. Quin -- Contributed essays. The formative years of William Grant Still: Little Rock, Arkansas, 1895-1911 / Willard B. Gatewood ; "Dean of Afro-American composers" or ...

Autochthonous: adjective. ”indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.” In program notes for his Symphony No. 4, American composer William Grant Still wrote that the work’s title, ...

Join Boston University music professor Jeremy Yudkin as he previews the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Aug. 17 program at Tanglewood. The concert opens with "Threnody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius" by ...

Gateways Radio honors the voices and vision of musicians of African descent. Tonight, hear compositions shaped by the Black church tradition, featuring William Grant Still’s “Sunday Symphony.” That's ...

Every year the Sphinx Orchestra gets together on the occasion of the Sphinx Competition, in Detroit. It's a competition meant to encourage young African American and Latino musicians. From the concert ...

St. Bernards "Moments of Remembrance" on Thursday, Dec. 11, allows anyone a chance to honor and remember a loved one who has passed.

A children's story for orchestra, women's trio, and a narrator, this piece was written in order to impress upon children the need for human understanding. Verna Avery's text tells the story of a ...