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UK charity Black Cultural Archives collaborates with SCTF
We are delighted that the Black Cultural Archives have invited the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation to collaborate with them on shared information and the BCA archiving materials concerning Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. This is exactly the sort of joint working which SCTF seeks in order to take forward our objective of ‘bringing people together through music’. Read more about BCA’s new Black heritage centre. Continue reading
SCTF invites articles about Coleridge-Taylor’s US impact
The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation is inviting articles for publication on this website from historians, scholars and other commentators about the impact of SCT’s life and work in the United States, from the time of his visits until the present. We are aware that this is an area of increasing interest, as more information has emerged about … Continue reading
Recalling my Father’s reminiscences on Hiawatha
Richard Gordon-Smith writes: My father David Gordon-Smith* was born in 1915. In the very class-conscious (by today’s standards) 1920s and ’30s my father’s parents would have been considered ‘lower middle class’. Their cultural aspirations included occasional theatre and concert attendance, musical evenings in their home for friends, participation in amateur operatic performances and the acquisition of … Continue reading
Jeffrey Green: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life is to be published in June/July 2011. It was written by historian Jeffrey Green. Jeffrey Green tells SCTF that by using copious contemporary comments, different aspects of the composer have been documented. Green’s discoveries over the completion and premiere of Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast may surprise many. The “first black” influence … Continue reading
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor on Google
- AfriClassical.com: Early Education, from 'Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a ... May 27, 2012
- Should access to water be privatized? May 24, 2012
- ThisIsCornwall.co.uk: Goonvrea Singers in 'Wedding Feast of ... May 23, 2012
- Coleridge Taylor Girls on the run make their first 5K! | Samuel ... May 23, 2012
- Maine Sunday Telegram: Violinist Lydia Forbes and ... - Zimbio May 21, 2012
Articles from William J Zick’s Africlassical website
- 'The Creation,' Poem by James Weldon Johnson; Music & Narration by Cheryl Lynne Skinner May 30, 2012
- Morgan State University Choir 'had another fantastic day in Rio' May 29, 2012
- Sergio Mims: 'Eric Owens was mesmerizing and commanding as Jochannan' May 28, 2012
- Sergio Mims in N'Digo: 'Outside The Box: Classical Pianist And Burgeoning Media Mogul' May 28, 2012
- John Malveaux: 'Soprano Latonia Moore will return to California in 2013 to perform AIDA with the San Diego Opera' May 28, 2012
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