Dean's Letter - February 2024
February is Black History month—a time to explore and celebrate the history and contributions of African Americans and other cultures of the African diaspora. Many of us don’t have a deep knowledge or familiarity with music written by black composers for the organ. We have two great opportunities this month to fill in that gap.
Marvin Mills, our Sub-Dean, will present a concert of Organ Music by African American Composers at The Church of the Redeemer on Friday, February 16 (note the change of date to avoid the conflict with Paul Jacobs’ concert at Grace Methodist on February 9). Marvin’s concert will include music by David Hurd, Florence Price, William Grant Still and Baltimore native Thomas Kerr, Jr., among others.
On Tuesday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Roy Belfield will present a concert of Organ Music of Black Composers at Towson United Methodist Church.
We are lucky to have these two fine artists share their knowledge of this repertoire with us. I hope that you will join us, and plan to play some of this fine music in your future programs.
Bert