On May 24, the School of Creative and Performing Arts presents A Celebration of Music by Black Composers IV featuring faculty and students from the Division of Music. This series was initiated in 2020, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The concert will present music by Eric Brian Lacy, Joseph Bologne, William Grant Still, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
“What’s special about this program is that it offers a sampling of musical works by Black composers from over four centuries,” says SCPA Music Professor Edmond Agopian.
“From the 18th century Classical style of Joseph Bologne, to the 19th century Romantic style of Samuel-Coleridge Taylor, to the 20th century American Jazz style of William Grant Still, and to the 21st century Modernist style of Eric Brian Lacy, these works shed light on the creativity of Black composers who despite racism and oppression were able to excel as composers of music that ranges from solo works, to chamber music, to symphonic music, to opera, and so on.”
The programme includes Sonata for Two Violins No. 3a in A major by Bologne, Invariant for two violins by Lacy, Suite for Violin and Piano by Still, and Clarinet Quintet Op. 10 by Coleridge-Taylor.
The featured musicians are Isaac Willocks and Edmond Agopian (violins), Ethan Mung (viola), Takumi Rodgers (cello), Sam Lucas (clarinet), and Jarome Harlea (piano).
The concert will take place on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 8 p.m. at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary.
Tickets are $14 (adults) & $11 (students/seniors), available online or at the door. For more information, visit scpa.ucalgary.ca.
*Original story from the UCalgary School of Creative and Performing Arts
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