Saturday, May 10, 2008

Horn Player In Danbury Community Orchestra Comments on 'Afro-American Symphony'


[Afro-American Symphony; William Grant Still; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Kruger, conductor; Bridge 9086 (1999)]

AfriClassical has received this E-mail comment on yesterday's post on the Danbury Community Orchestra's performance of the opening movement of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony: “I am Nancy Sudik, the executive director of the Danbury Music Centre. I also played horn in the William Grant Still "Afro-American Symphony" last Sunday. I want to thank you for commenting on the review. We enjoyed playing this beautiful piece and our director, Stephen Michael Smith, is considering programming it in its entirety for a future concert.

How did you come upon this review? I see you live in Ann Arbor - that's not close to Danbury, Conn. Since you are obviously a music lover, are you familiar with the Price family from Ann Arbor? Richard Price was raised in Ann Arbor, MI, played horn professionally, and is now the music director of the Danbury Concert Chorus. It is a small world. Perhaps you knew him or his family. Nancy F. Sudik, Executive Director, Danbury Music Centre [The African American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]






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