Florence Price Symposium

About This Event

This day-long event will feature presentations and performances dedicated to the study of life and works of Florence Price. The event will conclude with a Florence Price Legacy Concert in the evening.

Planned Participants and Guests:

• Cory Hunter (University of Rochester): “Black Idioms in the Muisc of Florence B. Price”
• James Greeson (U. of Arkansas): The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price Documentary, pre-film presentation and post-viewing Q&A (via Zoom)
• Eastman Student Panel Discussion: “No Gender Equity Without Intersectionality”
• Stephen Spinelli(Cornell University): “Florence Price: The Rebirth of the Piano Concerto in One Movement”
• Stephen Spinelli (Cornell University), Tamara Acosta (Cornell University/Ithaca College), Charity Lofthouse (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Sarah Marlowe (Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester): “Archival Work and Analysis of Florence Price’s Art Songs”
• Leonard Hayes and Érico Bezerra, Piano Concerto in One movement (two-piano version)

Featured Guests

• Cory Hunter (University of Rochester): “Black Idioms in the Muisc of Florence B. Price” • James Greeson (U. of Arkansas): The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price Documentary, pre-film presentation and post-viewing Q&A (via Zoom) • Eastman Student Panel Discussion: “No Gender Equity Without Intersectionality” • Stephen Spinelli (Cornell University): “Florence Price: The Rebirth of the Piano Concerto in One Movement” • Stephen Spinelli (Cornell University), Tamara Acosta (Cornell University/Ithaca College), Charity Lofthouse (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Sarah Marlowe (Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester): “Archival Work and Analysis of Florence Price’s Art Songs” • Leonard Hayes and Érico Bezerra, Piano Concerto in One movement (two-piano version)

Co-sponsors

All-Eastman Events Committee grant Eastman Departmental Diversity Initiative grant Pending: Frederick Douglass Institute grant