Opéra de Paris Employees Call For Effective Racial Anti-Dicrimination Policies

(Credit: Opéra National de Paris) Over 400 employees of L’Opéra National de Paris have signed a petition calling for a more effective internal anti-discrimination policies. The new Director of the Opéra National de Paris Alexander Neef has already expressed his willingness to tackle the important issue of racial discrimination at the opera house. “This subject concerns me,” said Neef. From {…}

Theodore Front Music Selects Dr. Adolphus Hailstork As August’s Composer of the Month

Theodore Front Music Literature, Inc., a leading sheet music and music book dealer based in Santa Clarita, California has named Black composer, Dr. Adolphus Hailstork as its composer of the month. Hailstork is currently at work on a George Floyd requiem cantata titled “A Knee On a Neck.” The piece is scored for orchestra, chorus, tenor, baritone, and mezzo-soprano. The {…}