BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Mid-Atlantic Symphony Recognizes Black History Month BEGIN:VEVENT UID:160752023-03-11 DTSTART:20230311T200000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230311T050000Z LOCATION:19285 Holland Glade Road\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=19285 Holland Glade Road\nR ehoboth Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=19285 Holland Glade Road:geo:38.719044,-75.106979 GEO:38.719044;-75.106979 SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Symphony Recognizes Black History Month CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Born in Little Rock to a black dentist and a Caucasian teacher\ ,\nFlorence Price garnered many accolades and achieved many firsts as an\n American composer during her life. She is widely regarded as one of\nthe g reatest composers in American history\, she was the first\nAfrican-America n woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer\, and\nshe was the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra\nwhen the Chicago Sympho ny premiered her Symphony No. 1 in 1933. Her\nworks were always well recei ved by critics and the public alike.\n\nPrice’s life’s work consists o f more than 300 works including four\nsymphonies\, four concertos\, chambe r music\, music for various solo\ninstruments\, choral works\, and art son gs. Most of her works\,\nunfortunately\, went missing for decades\, and th is undoubtedly\ncontributed to the dearth of performances of Price’s wor ks until\nrecently. Fortunately\, in 2009 a treasure trove of her lost wor ks and\npapers were found in Illinois in Price’s abandoned summer home. This\nsparked an exciting renewed interest in Price and her works and is\n bringing well-deserved attention to them from new audiences around the\nwo rld.\n\nIn honor of black history month\, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony\, led by\nGrammy award-winning conductor\, Michael Repper will perform Price’s \nSymphony No. 1. This symphony\, commonly for Price’s works\, draws\nfr om the musical traditions (such as gospel and jazz) of Black\ncommunities in America and from western European traditions that Price\nwould have lea rned from her studies at the New England Conservatory of\nMusic.\n\nThis p iece consists of four movements with the opening movement\nfeaturing melod ies and rhythms from Afro-American folk music and\nshowing inspiration fro m Anton Dvorák's New World Symphony. Price\nfeatures a hymn tune she comp osed in the second (slow) movement\, and\nthe final two movements are fast and draw from the African juba dance.\nThe work is scored for two flutes\ , two piccolos\, two oboes\, two\nclarinets\, two bassoons\, four horns\, two trumpets\, three trombones\,\ntuba\, timpani\, percussion\, and string s.\n\nThis piece is fiendishly difficult\, which makes it thrillingly\nene rgetic. It is enjoying a rightful renaissance and being recognized\nfor it s worth. In 2022 the Philadelphia Orchestra’s recording of\nthis symphon y received a Grammy award in the Best Orchestral\nPerformance category.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Born in Little Rock to a black dentist and a Caucasian teacher\, Florence Price garnered many accolades and achieved many firsts as an American composer during her life. She is widely regarde d as one of the greatest composers in American history\, she was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer\, and she was the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra when the Chicago Symphony premiered her Symphony No. 1 in 1933. Her works were alwa ys well received by critics and the public alike.

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Price&rsquo\;s life&rsquo\;s work consists of more than 300 works including four symphon ies\, four concertos\, chamber music\, music for various solo instruments\ , choral works\, and art songs. Most of her works\, unfortunately\, went m issing for decades\, and this undoubtedly contributed to the dearth of per formances of Price&rsquo\;s works until recently. Fortunately\, in 2009 a treasure trove of her lost works and papers were found in Illinois in Pric e&rsquo\;s abandoned summer home. This sparked an exciting renewed interes t in Price and her works and is bringing well-deserved attention to them f rom new audiences around the world.

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In honor of black history mo nth\, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony\, led by Grammy award-winning conductor\, Michael Repper will perform Price&rsquo\;s Symphony No. 1. This symphony\, commonly for Price&rsquo\;s works\, draws from the musical traditions (su ch as gospel and jazz) of Black communities in America and from western Eu ropean traditions that Price would have learned from her studies at the Ne w England Conservatory of Music.

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This piece consists of four mov ements with the opening movement featuring melodies and rhythms from Afro- American folk music and showing inspiration from Anton Dvorá\;k'\ ;s New World Symphony. Price features a hymn tune she composed in the seco nd (slow) movement\, and the final two movements are fast and draw from th e African juba dance. The work is scored for two flutes\, two piccolos\, t wo oboes\, two clarinets\, two bassoons\, four horns\, two trumpets\, thre e trombones\, tuba\, timpani\, percussion\, and strings.

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This pi ece is fiendishly difficult\, which makes it thrillingly energetic. It is enjoying a rightful renaissance and being recognized for its worth. In 202 2 the Philadelphia Orchestra&rsquo\;s recording of this symphony received a Grammy award in the Best Orchestral Performance category.

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