Part of Black History Month 2013. WQXR looks at the role of black performers, composers and music industry figures throughout the month of February.
This portrait of William Grant Still was taken on March 12, 1949. William Grant Still is best known today for his Afro-American Symphony. Still composed the work in 1930 and strove in the symphony to ...
The Boston Chamber Symphony has announced its upcoming concert featuring world and Boston-area premieres on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Grace Episcopal Church in Newton. Thanks to generous ...
It's poetry in motion as co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies explore a wonderfully dramatic set of music including Beethoven's "Leonore Overture No. 3," William Grant Still's "Poem for Orchestra, ...
William Grant Still thought he would be forgotten. That’s what his granddaughter, musician and journalist Celeste Headlee, told us when she spoke about her beloved grandfather- a composer whose lush, ...
Under the direction Nic McGegan, Houston Symphony offers a taste of the Baroque greats. Credit: Photo by Laura Barisonzi “The Four Seasons is an incredibly original piece, and it’s quite precise for ...
American composer and conductor William Grant Still (1895-1978) was born in Mississippi and became the first Black person to conduct a professional orchestra in the United States. Among his ...
William Grant Still, considered the dean of African American composers, is best known as the first to have a symphony performed by a major symphony orchestra. Until 1950, his 1930 “Afro-American” ...
William Grant Still's "Out of the Silence," written for his pianist wife, is perfect music for you to just sit and ponder. What could your future look like? What would your hopes and dreams be?
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