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NANM mourns the passing of  our

Public Relations Director, Marilyn Thompson

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To all members, we need to get an idea of how many people are coming to the 2010 convention. Please follow the link below to take a quick survey.

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You can now pay your membership dues online!  Please see the information below.
 

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 The 2010 Convention will be held in

Colorado Springs, Colorado

July 25-28, 2010.

The headquarters hotel is the Antlers Hilton Hotel.

Address:

Four South Cascade
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903-1685
Phone Number: 719-955-6204
 

Highlights include:

Scholarship Competition in Piano
Piano Master class, Chapman Nyaho, Clinician
The William Warfield Voice Master class, George Shirley, Clinician
Workshop on the Art of Accompanying with Cliff Jackson
The Sylvia Olden Lee Roundtable Discussion
World Premiere of Chamber Opera by Julius Williams
Workshop on Spirituals by Robert Sims
A Composer's forum
Research sessions
Award's Banquet
Gala Concert
Closing Luncheon including Recognition of Life Members
Youth and Collegiate Performances
and more!!


 We hope to see you in the beautiful mountains of Colorado with NANM!


 

We all had a great time at the 90th NANM Inc. convention.  Select the link below to see the 90th convention highlights.

Click here to see the 90th NANM Inc convention highlights!

 NANM SALUTES GEORGE THEOPHILUS WALKER DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COMPOSER AND PIANIST

 

The extraordinary career of Dr. George Walker (b. 1922) has been filled with many “firsts.”  After graduating from Oberlin Conservatory at age 18 with highest honors, he matriculated at Curtis Institute, studying piano with Rudolph Serkin, chamber music with William Primrose and Gregor Piatigorsky, and composition with Rosario Scalero, teacher of Samuel Barber.  In 1945, he became the first African American to graduate from Curtis, receiving Artist Diplomas in piano and composition.

 Mr. Walker was presented in a Town Hall debut recital, becoming the first African American instrumentalist to perform there.  He won the Philadelphia Youth Auditions, and played Rachmaninoff’’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under Eugene Ormandy, becoming the first black to perform with that orchestra.  The second movement of his Lyric for Strings has become the most frequently performed orchestral work by a living American composer.  Mr. Walker became the first artist of color to be signed by a major management firm, the National Concert Artists.

 In 1956, Mr. Walker completed doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music, becoming the first black graduate of that institution.  He was also the first recipient of color of the John Hay Whitney Fellowship in 1957, when he also received a Fulbright Fellowship.  He spent two years in Paris, studying composition with Nadia Boulanger. 

 Dr. Walker is the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Price in Music, for his work, Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra, premiered by the Boston Symphony, with Seiji Ozawa, conducting.  He has recently completed his autobiography, Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist (The Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN:  0810869403).  This book should be part of the library of any serious musician.  Dr. Walker shares remembrances of his remarkable life and career.  Reminiscences may be purchased online from http://www.scarecrowpress.com or from http://amazon.com.

 

 

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