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a companion to africlas*ical.com, a website on african heritage in clas*ical music. meet 52 black composers and musicians, take a black. winston-salem journal: louise toppin sings african-american art songs 3 pm jan. 20. home moravian church, 529 s. church st., the music @ home series will have a martin luther king day celebration at 3 p.m. jan. 20. louise toppin, a soprano, and john o’brien, pianist, will perform african-american art songs. toppin is a renowned scholar and performer of african-american art songs. she is on the faculty of the university of michigan and is the former chairwoman of the department of music at. john malveaux: chasing trane: john coltrane's musical journey transcended. new york times: revival of interest in the composer florence price continues this week. in the composer florence price continues this week, with the release of a buoyant recording of her first and fourth symphonies both works bear trace influences of folk forms — including, as the musicologist douglas w. shadle writes in the liner notes movement. but there are as many sections that seem like a composer channeling her own individual muse. among the most compelling moments is the close of the fourth — a scherzo full of slaloming melody (and, in the final minutes, some pleasingly potent tutti chords). $5 students art of élan's young artists in harmony program is offered in partnership with the nationally recognized a reason to to literally transform lives – especially those of kids facing adversity. this fall's program consisted of weekly workshops where 14 students from sweetw*ter unified school district had the opportunity to be mentored on a weekly basis by art of élan musicians yumi cho, batya macadam-somer, jason karlyn, alex greenbaum, susan wulff, and rose lombardo. is also offered as part of the san diego symphony's hearing the future festival “dual” for cello and double bas* will also be performed on the program, featuring san diego symphony cellist andrew hayhurst and