by David H. Jackson Jr. | Mar 10, 2022 | African American History, People
Postmodern Composer, pianist, and conductor Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III, who has penned more than 250 works, was born on April 17, 1941, in Rochester, New York, to Lora Hailstork and Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork Jr. However, he was reared in Albany, New York....
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Feb 13, 2022 | African American History, People
Composer, conductor, and lyricist Van Allen Clinton McCoy was born on January 6, 1940, in Washington, D.C., to Norman S. McCoy Sr. and Lillian Ray. Van had one brother, Norman S. McCoy Jr., and a sister Mattie McCoy Taylor. Van began piano studies at four before...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Dec 18, 2021 | African American History, People
Born on August 29, 1929, contralto gospel singer and conductor Albertina Walker, was the youngest of nine siblings. Her parents, Ruben Walker and Camille Coleman Walker, moved from Georgia after the birth of their first four children and raised their family in the...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Jun 11, 2021 | African American History, People
Concert Pianist, composer, conductor, pedagogic Nelson Hall was born on February 11, 1954, in Marianao, Cuba, to Selvin Hall, a choral conductor from Manzanillo, Cuba, and Elsa Fortun Hall from Placetas, Cuba. He has two siblings, Merari and David. Hall, an...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Jun 9, 2021 | African American History, People
Orchestra conductor Thomas Alphonso Wilkins was born on September 10, 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of Wallace Y. Wilkins Sr. In 1962 he began school at the city’s segregated Young Park Elementary School. When he was in the third grade, he was introduced...
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