Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height, 98, Dies
Dorothy Height, one of the leading female voices of the civil rights movement, died early today of natural causes at a Washington, D.C. hospital. She was 98 years old.Height spent most of her life...
View ArticleSounds of Freedom
Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with choral music that celebrates struggle and liberation from oppression.We hear Handel’s take on the Exodus story, spirituals that echoed...
View Article9 Works Written in Support of Civil Rights
Composers tend to write music that addresses the hardships of their time, and the continued struggle for civil rights and racial equality is no exception. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here...
View ArticleWatch Tay Zonday's Interpretation of the Finale From Scott Joplin’s Opera...
Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha is woefully underperformed, so it’s pretty great to rewatch this throwback video featuring singer, musician and YouTube personality Tay Zonday performing an interpretation of...
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