The Woman with the Violin | National Museum of African American …
2017年6月27日 · As a teenager, Smock played violin in prominent musical organizations including the All-City Student Symphony and the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic, of which she was the only African American member. Smock spent the early 1940s performing light concert music before becoming a protégé of veteran jazz violinist Stuff Smith in 1943.
Meet the String Queens, Three Black Women Changing the …
2019年11月29日 · Starting out as soloists in Washington, DC, the group’s violinist Isadore, cellist Sharp, and violist Johnson have each heard a number of racist remarks that really hurt them. Two years ago, the three started playing in big concert halls and since then, they have tried to push for racial diversity, especially in the world of music.
Nuttin' But Stringz - Wikipedia
Nuttin' But Stringz, also known as N.B.S., consisted of the duo Tourie and Damien Escobar who both play violin. [2] The musicians from Jamaica, Queens played a blend of classical music , hip-hop , jazz , and R&B .
Karen Briggs (musician) - Wikipedia
Karen Briggs (born August 12, 1963), also known as the " Lady in Red ", is an American violinist. Born in Manhattan to a family of musicians, Briggs took up the violin at age 12 and committed to playing professionally at age 15.
African American Women Play Musical Instruments: Violin
2024年9月30日 · Names, Links, and Lists of African American women who play or played musical instruments.
Frederick Douglass - Music by Black Composers
2017年1月5日 · Many people have heard of the well-known African-American abolitionist, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass. But did you know he was also an amateur violinist? Not only that, his son, Charles Remond Douglass, also played violin as an avocation.
Star violinist Randall Goosby: ‘Four Black composers you
2021年10月7日 · Violin virtuoso Randall Goosby shines the spotlight on four brilliant Black composers, William Grant Still, Florence Price, Joseph Boulogne, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, whose music was until recently, largely written out of the classical canon.
Meet Black Violin: The duo that fuses hip-hop and classical music
2017年9月20日 · Kevin Sylvester and Will Baptiste, the two musicians who make up Black Violin, were in an airport elevator holding their instrument cases when an older woman walked in. “Oh, what’s that?”...
Joseph Douglass: The Black concert violinist - Kentake Page
2015年8月25日 · Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist. He was the grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglas; and was widely viewed as Douglass's favorite grandchild.
Black Violin – Official Website
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