Black Voices / HL-39

Michelle Cann performs a meditative movement from Florence Price’s Sonata for Piano at a recording of From the Top at Interlochen Arts Center in 2019.

About

Guest Host Alex Laing joins for a celebration of Black voices in classical music. We’re catching up with From the Top alumni who are making waves in the field and will meet prominent composer Jessie Montgomery.

Guests

• Guest Host: Alex Laing
  Clarinetist Alex Laing is a leader in the arts.

Performers & Repertoire

• Pianist Michelle Cann

  Piano Sonata in E Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro by Florence Price (1887-1953)
• Composer/Cellist Quenton Blache

  Free for Layered Celli by Quenton Xavier Blache
• Cellist Khari Joyner
• Trumpeter Benjamin D'Haiti

  In the Court of King Oliver by Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961)
• Harpist Angelica Hairston

  Harlem Wine by Maurice Draughn
• A Conversation with Composer Jessie Montgomery

  Peace for Violin and Piano by Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981) performed by Célina Béthoux and Orli Shaham
• Oboist David Norville

  Three Romances, Op. 94: I. Nicht schnell by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Release Date

• Monday, December 1, 2025

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