"I was like, this is an incredible story and an incredible woman. Let's put her on stage.”
From Jacob Aloi at MPR News:
"Composer Florence Price’s music once reached major American orchestras. In the 1930s her works were performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, making her the first Black woman to achieve that recognition. Within a generation, her story has largely dropped out of the mainstream. A new opera in Minneapolis is challenging that long absence." Read more HERE.
Meet Florence Price, the first Black woman to have her work premiered by a US orchestra
Florence Price was the first African American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra – in 1933. Here’s her story…
Elizabeth Davis
Florence Price (1887–1953): Biography, Music + More | CMS - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Learn more about the American composer, and listen to her most famous classical music works. Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Violin Concerto No. 1, and more.
