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BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature May 21, 2017

The Dvorak Statement

At the same time as acclaimed Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was finalising the score of his New World Symphony, he was also causing a stir in the newspapers of New York and Paris by asserting that in the music of black America there was "all that is needed for a great and noble school of music." Out of step with many at the time, Dvorak was tapping into a rich seam of black creativity that is rarely heard or written about today. For BBC Radio 3 Mahan Esfahani heads to the USA to ask why we know more about Dvorak's statement than the history of African American classical music. He traces the roots of black American classical music to before emancipation, and through archives and orchestras discovers the histories, triumphs and obstacles faced by these early composers. On the road between New York and Detroit he meets historian Tammy Kernodle, Professor of American Music at Columbia University George Lewis, and composers Nkeiru Okoye, Trevor Weston, Lester St Louis and Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Threadgill to trace the history of African American Classical Music, and challenge his own views as to how and why this music came to be an integral part of the American musical identity.

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Composer Portrait: Trevor Weston - Flying Fish. An ACO/Carnegie Hall Commission - March 24, 2017 Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall

American Composers Orchestra will present the world premiere of Trevor Weston's Flying Fish at its Past Forward concert on March 24, 2017, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. In this Composer Portrait, Trevor talks about the piece, which honors his Barbadian heritage. The piece was commissioned by ACO and Carnegie Hall.

Ensemble Pi May 11, 2018. Shape Shifter - Trevor Weston, Alexis Gerlach - Cello

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Bang on a Can All-Stars: Robert Black, bass; Vicky Chow, piano; David Cossin, percussion; Mariel Roberts, cello; Mark Stewart, guitar; Ken Thomson, reeds. From 2019 People's Commissioning Fund Concert at Merkin Hall March 6

ANS (A New Sound)

Elizabeth Janzen, Flute, Sehee Lee, Piano

“So, this is my view on the race for space. We’ll never get it until we Americans, collectively and individually, get us a new sound. A new sound of harmony, brotherly love, common respect and consideration for the dignity and freedom of men.”

- Duke Ellington, “The Race for Space” 1957.

"So, this is my view on the race for space. We'll never get it until we Americans, collectively and individually, get us a new sound. A new sound of harmony...