# Florence Price
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Florence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an African-American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
She was born as Florence Beatrice Smith to Florence (Gulliver) and James H. Smith on April the ninth, 1887, in Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three children in a mixed-race family.
PPP 378: Rediscovering the Music of Florence Price, with Dr. Michael Clark
In this episode, Dr. Michael Clark joins me to share the fascinating story of composer Florence Price and the rediscovery of her music. We also talk about supporting young pianists, meaningful practice habits, and why exploring a wider range of composers can enrich your child's musical journey.
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The Infinite Staircase feat. Concert Pianist, Han Chen
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In this episode of The Piano Pod, concert pianist Han Chen joins TPP for a deep conversation about virtuosity, vision, and what it means to build something meaningful in today’s classical music landscape.
Han Chen is a GRAMMY Award–nominate…
Opus 276 - "Adorations" (feat. Devin Moore)
Loki chats with Devin Moore of the Isidore String Quartet about life as a professional chamber musician, what it looks like to help people reimagine this sub-genre of "classical" music, and how his Blackness shows up along the way. Loki unpacks how he sees an engagement of the Western classical tra…
Ep 149 - Cloud Illusions - One
I was recently watching Jaques Tati’s 1967 film Playtime, which features some artful shots of modernist buildings silhouetted against azure blue skies dotted with white cumulus clouds.
It’s an evocative sight and I got to thinking about clouds and the way they interact with our psyche. The result …
Why Chicago composer Florence Price is stoking contemporary controversy years after her death
Earlier this year, the world’s most famous classical music concert featured Florence Price, a late Chicago composer.
But was it really her music?
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Early Learning with History, Music and Accessibility with guest Crystal Stein
Hosted by Katey DeCelle of WFNU Frogtown Community Radio, this conversation features Crystal Stein, founder and CEO of Minnesota-based Beret Publishing. Stein explains leaving a 16-year finance career after becoming a first-time mom during COVID and not finding children’s books about celebratedcom…
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Kate Molleson explores the life and music of Florence Price, joined by pianist and scholar Samantha Ege. From her childhood in Little Rock, where family, education and the realities of racial segregation shaped her early ambitions, Price’s story unfolds through persistence, reinvention and growing …
The Woman Who Made the Orchestra Listen: Florence Price
In 1933, while America was deep in segregation, Florence Price became the first Black woman to have music performed by a major American orchestra -- and most people have never heard her name. In this episode of I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Either, our host, B Daht, explores how her groundbreaking…
235: Pianist Beatrice Nicholas
Beatrice Nicholas is a British concert pianist and composer. She performs the traditional classical canon, and she composes and arranges, fusing classical and jazz together. She's also a member of the Chineke! Chamber Ensemble, drawn from principal players of the Chineke! Orchestra.
On the seventee…
14 | Many Music Theories with Lydia Bangura
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For this episode, my guest is the one and only Lydia Bangura: vocalist, PhD candidate in Music Theory at the University of Michigan, and host of the tremendous podcast Her Music Academia. We talk about the many purposes of (and tensions in) public humanities work; her research on Florenc…
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