{"id":11929,"date":"2025-12-22T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentient.project-sites.com\/prime\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=11929"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:14:14","slug":"diverse-voices-in-classical-music","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/sentient.project-sites.com\/prime\/lecture\/diverse-voices-in-classical-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Diverse Voices In Classical Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classical music isn\u2019t just something written by white Euro-American guys.  Other cultures have also made their mark, bringing individual cultural voices to the concert hall for all audiences to experience, even alongside Beethoven.  Classical music historian and frequent public speaker Betsy Schwarm brings her user-friendly approach to the topic.  Spaniard Joaquin Rodrigo, American Duke Ellington, and Chinese composer Tan Dun have all been part of the action:  diverse voices bringing personal perspectives to great music.  Concierto de Aranjuez is just a start!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>A single one-hour program will cover:<\/h6>\n<p>Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 \u2013 1999):  Concierto de Aranjuez (Spain)<br \/>\nDuke Ellington (1899 \u2013 1974):  Black, Brown and Beige (US)<br \/>\nTan Dun (b. 1957):  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)<\/p>\n<h6>If three separate one-hour programs:<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Act I:  African Origins<\/strong><br \/>\nChevalier de Saint-Georges (Joseph Bologne) (1745 \u2013 1799):  Violin Concerto in A major, op. 5, no. 2 (Guadeloupe\/France)<br \/>\nSamuel Coleridge Taylor (1875 \u2013 1912):  Hiawatha\u2019s Wedding Feast (England)<br \/>\nFlorence Price (1887 \u2013 1953):  Symphony no. 3 in c minor (US)<br \/>\nDuke Ellington (1899 \u2013 1974):  Black, Brown and Beige (US)<br \/>\nJustinian Tamusuza (b. 1951):  Ekitundu ekisooka (Uganda)<br \/>\nBilly Childs (b. 1957):  The Vistas of America (US)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Act II: Asian Atmospheres<\/strong><br \/>\nXian Xinghai (1905 \u2013 1945):  Yellow River Cantata (China)<br \/>\nToru Takemitsu (1930 \u2013 1996):  A String Around Autumn (viola concerto: 1989) (Japan)<br \/>\nHe Zhan Hao (b. 1933) &#038; Chen Gang (b. 1935):  Butterfly Lovers Concerto (Japan)<br \/>\nDia Succari (1938 \u2013 2010):  Suite for clarinet and orchestra, \u201cParoles\u201d (Syria)<br \/>\nTan Dun (b. 1957):  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)<br \/>\nKenji Bunch (b. 1973):  Serenade for flute, violin, and viola (2013) (Japanese American)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Act III: Latin Spirit<\/strong><br \/>\nIsaac Alb\u00e9niz (1860 \u2013 1909):  Asturias (Spain)<br \/>\nCarlos Ch\u00e1vez (1899 \u2013 1978):  Sinfonia india (Mexico)<br \/>\nJoaquin Rodrigo (1901 \u2013 1999):  Concierto de Aranjuez (Spain)<br \/>\nAlberto Ginastera (1916 \u2013 1983):  Estancia (Argentina)<br \/>\nRobert Sierra (b. 1953):  Sinfonia no. 3, \u201cLa Salsa\u201d (Puerto Rico)<br \/>\nClarice Assad (b. 1978):  Sin Fronteras (Brazil\/US)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":425,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[460],"tags":[],"our-team":[164],"series":[622],"class_list":["post-11929","lecture","type-lecture","status-publish","hentry","category-betsy-schwarm","our-team-betsy-schwarm","series-classical-music-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diverse Voices In Classical Music - Primetime PRESENTERS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sentient.project-sites.com\/prime\/lecture\/diverse-voices-in-classical-music\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diverse Voices In Classical Music - Primetime PRESENTERS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Classical music isn\u2019t just something written by white Euro-American guys. 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