How women in world history – Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II, Aphra Behn, Joan of Arc, Emmeline Pankhurst, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, Rosa […]
Which Queen of England was also a musician?
A. Kori Hill Lately, when Errollyn Wallen must work on a commission, she doesn’t go to an office or a café or a library; she goes to her lighthouse. Errollyn […]
So, she returned to England, studying at Goldsmiths, King’s College London, and King
A. Kori Hill The Mississippi River is a big deal. It’s not the longest river in the US – that’s the Missouri. But it’s played a big role in American […]
Born in London, England, A.
A. Kori Hill Amaryn Olmeda is a 16-year-old violinist from Melbourne, Australia. She’s been playing violin since she was three and half and loved it so much she decided to […]
She’s also in school, studying with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory
A. Kori Hill Maud Powell (1867–1920) learned violin fast. Like, prodigy fast! She started playing at seven in her hometown of Peru, Illinois. By thirteen, she was in Leipzig, Germany, […]
Born in London, England, A.
A. Kori Hill Meet Sheku Kanneh-Mason. A cellist from Great Britain, he travels to different countries every year, playing solo recitals or concerts with orchestras. On April 26-27, Sheku will […]
Sheku was born in 1999 and grew up in Nottingham, England.
Trinity Le, CFK Intern Many of us are familiar with Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” No. 9 with its sweeping melodies inspired by the rolling, vast landscape of America. He wrote […]
and church events, and he would also be invited to sing before King Eward VII in England
A. Kori Hill When Florence Price was a little girl, her parents hosted famous African Americans passing through town. Sometimes they’d host famous people like Frederick Douglass and our topic […]
Born in London, England, A.
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The jig started out as folk dance in Ireland, Scotland, and northern England, before
toured in Europe, the first musical American ensemble to do so, and performed for England
