Black History Month 2012
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Live Webcast: Langston and Zora's Unsung Collaboration
Host Terrance McKnight takes us on a multimedia journey to the Harlem Renaissance, the burgeoning cultural era for African Americans that was the setting for an ill-fated partnership.
Feb 25, 2012
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100 Years with the Morehouse Glee Club
WQXR's Black History Month celebration continues with a broadcast at 10 pm Wednesday, Feb. 22, of the Morehouse College Glee Club, recorded live in The Greene Space. Feb 22, 2012
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The Shoulders On Which They Stand
The trailblazing African-American tenor George Shirley recently wrote an essay on race in opera that serves as a reminder of the opera field's past inequities and potential for progress, writes Fred Plotkin.
Feb 10, 2012
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Realism vs. Racism: Opera's Casting Call
A scholarly book looks at the many depictions of people "of color" in opera, including the thorny stage practice in which performers apply heavy makeup to play leading roles such as... Feb 7, 2012
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I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes
WQXR kicks off Black History Month with the premiere of a special that shines a light on writer Langston Hughes's lesser-known musical compositions.
Jan 31, 2012