On October 18 at 4:00 p.m. CT, The Lied Society will broadcast the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis’ “We Call the Roll,” a work commissioned by the Society in partnership with the Schubert Club. The broadcast will stream live on The Lied Society’s website and hosted by Trilloquy podcast host Garrett McQueen. Composer Davis is known {…}
June 8th marks the start of African-American Music Appreciation Month. While the talent and musical accomplishments of the black community cannot possibly be summarized in one article, we have compiled a list of notable recordings of not only great singers, but also composers whose works have been overlooked for decades, even centuries. In recent years more attention has finally been {…}
(Credit: Keith Ian Polakoff) Composer Anthony Davis has won the Pulitzer Prize for his opera “The Central Park Five.” The jury called the work “a courageous operatic work, marked by powerful vocal writing and sensitive orchestration, that skillfully transforms a notorious example of contemporary injustice into something empathetic and hopeful.” “The Central Park Five,” which has a libretto by Richard {…}