On 19 April 1924, Coleridge-Taylor married Harold Dashwood, in the Croydon parish church. She initially composed and conducted using her first name and maiden surname. After their divorce she dropped her first name, thereafter going as Avril…
Program Note from the composer: Red Clay is short work that combines the traditional idea of musical scherzo with living in the South. It references the background of my mother's side of the family that hails from the Mississippi delta region. From…
I. Afro
II. Vocalise
III. Danza
Afro-Cuban Concerto is a work that focuses on Afro-Cuban rhythms, the feel of Santeria worship, and the virtuosity of wind instruments (Santeria worship has its origins in the Caribbean and is based on the Bantu and…
A musical memoir dedicated to Ms. Baker for wind quintet. The 4 movements work chronicles significant in Josephine Baker’s life, her humor, and quick rise to fame. The wind quintet version is in four movements, and the entire original suite can be…
Dedication: To my friends Elizabeth Crone and Richard Masters
Commissioned by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, with support from Elizabeth Crone and Dr. Richard Masters with The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences…
In its original form, Umoja, the Swahili word for Unity and the first principle
of the African Dispora holiday Kwanzaa, was compose a simple song for women's
choir. It embodied a sense of 'tribal unity', through the feel of a drum circle, the…
