Focusing on the extraordinary music of Black composers and friends Margaret Bonds and Florence Price, who came to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, this episode features exciting recordings and insights from leading scholar-musicians including Dr. Samantha Ege, Dr. Christine Jobson, and soprano Michele Kennedy.
Debra Nagy, executive producer
Shelby Yamin, associate producer
Hannah De Priest, host and special projects manager
Musicologist and pianist
Soprano and educator
Soprano
Guest curator and host
Read a biographical sketch of Florence Price produced by the International Price Festival
Purchase Dr. Rae Linda Brown’s seminal book The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price
Read about Margaret Bonds’ life in this article by Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music
Listen to Christine Jobson, soprano, on Apple Music
Visit the website of Dr. Christine Jobson, soprano, educator & entrepreneur
Link to purchase Dr. Jobson’s book Lily’s First Trip to the Opera
Click to listen to and purchase AGAVE Baroque’s album In Her Hands, featuring soprano Michele Kennedy
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Fantasie Nègre No.4 in B Minor for solo piano
“Spring”
“Thou’rt My Loved One”
“To My Little Son”
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
“The Bells” from Spiritual Suite for solo piano
