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‘…the mesmerizing talent of Njioma Chinyere Grevious, a rising star in the world of classical music.’

Njioma recently took home the Robert F. Smith First Prize and the Audience Choice award at the 2023 Sphinx Competition for her stunning violin performance.’ She plays Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Concerto for Violin in G Minor, op. 80, Movement I: Allegro Maestoso with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Kalena Bovell.

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Njioma is also a graduate of The Juilliard School and a winner of its John Erskine Prize for scholastic and artistic achievement. She has appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Philharmonic and the Western Michigan Symphony and is a founding member of the award-winning Abe Quartet

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53v3nfrn5 · 1 year

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An assortment of Sade album covers

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eyesfullofmoon · 4 months

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Marianne Faithfull at one of The Rolling Stones' recording sessions for their album Their Satanic Majesties Request at Olympic Studios in London, England. 1967.

Photographed by Shepard Sherbell.

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whysosexxy · 4 months

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Shirley Bassey 💎

#70s #70svintage #celebrities #70s style #black beauty #70s black women #vintage beauty #music #classic

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omg-hellgirl · 3 months

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Was Mick Jagger especially cruel to Marsha Hunt because she is a black woman?

I have no idea. I think it's bizarre that he decided to have a baby, asked Marsha to take out the IUD and get pregnant and suddenly he just...didn't want to.

Mick had several relationships with black women — and while I can't say whether it was a fetish or not — Bianca Jagger was not a white woman and he married her anyway. I don't think Mick Jagger was racist, but I don't rule out that he may have taken racist actions. It reminds me of Nina Simone's song, "The other woman." I interpret the song as the solitude of black women (A real sociological concept studied in my country), about black women always being the mistresses and never wives. You may know the song by Lana Del Rey, but Lana's version is just a cover.

So, I don't know if this whole thing happened because he wanted a boy — which would be horrible and blatant sexism, or he just went crazy. The second situation is less likely then perhaps the first.

I think he stopped liking Marsha and resented that the child wasn't a boy (he was attached to Marianne Faithfull's son, Nicholas) and unconsciously (or consciously) tried to punish her for getting pregnant leaving all the responsibility to her. I'm sure that in his mind, in some way, he was the victim of the story and Marsha the villain who wanted to get money from him.

I also think that Marsha consoled him for what happened at the Altamont Speedway in California, the show that fan was stabbed to death and Mick was blamed for the incident and that he may have resented that too. Because she saw him in a vulnerable moment. When he showed weakness to Marianne — he was arrested and was in tears — she snapped, reacted badly and wrote in her book that he stopped showing any more feelings after that.

I think in hindsight, Mick may have resented Marsha for seeing him so vulnerable. I honestly have no idea what this man thought. He must have found (more like invented) some reason for what he did, but there is nothing that justifies his actions towards Marsha and their daughter.

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importantwomensbirthdays · 3 months

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Elayne Jones

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Elayne Jones was born in New York City in 1928. Jones overcame racial discrimination to have a distinguished career as a timpanist. In 1958, she became a substitute player for the New York Philharmonic, making her the orchestra's first black musician. Jones was also involved in the creation of the New World Symphony Orchestra, the US' first racially integrated orchestra. In 1972, she was chosen for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, becoming the first black musician to attain a principal position with a major orchestra. Jones was denied tenure with the SFO, a decision that sparked a national controversy over discrimination in classical music. The head of the San Francisco Opera decided to retain her as the opera's timpanist, and she would remain in this position for more than 20 years. In 2019, Jones was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.

Elayne Jones died in 2022 at the age of 94.

#music #percussion #percussionists #black history #black women #black musicians #classical music #Vimeo

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sbrown82 · 2 years

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Mary J. Blige debut album, What’s the 411? released on Uptown Records, MCA July 28, 1992.

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whodonthear · 10 months

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tabney2023 · 11 months

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Miss Halle Bailey. Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid (May 2023)

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ninafurlonge · 1 year

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tbbst · 1 year

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C. O. N. T. R. O. L. L. I. N. G. T. H. E

N. A. R. R A. T. I. V. E.

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virgoreigns · 11 months

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ACT BAD!

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justinunlocd · 1 year

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Yesterday, Dakneisha and I got to listen in on UConn Music’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble rehearsal of our piece KHRONOS.⏳

It was fun getting to hear another ensemble pick up this challenging piece and bring it to life. Thank you to Director Janet Song Kim for choosing to perform our music tonight!

Shout outs to the students and guest soloist for putting in the time, effort and heart into what I know will be a wonderful concert this evening! A personal thank you to the flutist; I love your take on the solo in “Chaos.” 💙

You can watch it via the livestream link at 7CST.

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#black composers #women composers #KHRONOS #wind ensemble #symphonic band #band #brass #woodwinds #percussion #asian conductors #classical music

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raredye · 2 years

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#an underrated classic #vanity #wild animal #80s #80sicons #black women #80s music #80s fashion #music #album

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omg-hellgirl · 4 months

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Once they were back on home turf, Pallenberg approached Keith's friend cum connection Spanish Tony Sanchez and asked him to dig up whatever "dirt" he could on Bianca. She offered Sanchez a small fortune to provide proof that Bianca had undergone a sex-change operation.

When Sanchez laughed off the suggestion that Bianca was anything but a woman, Anita resorted to black magic.

Christopher P. Andersen, Jagger Unauthorized.

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truthandservice · 2 years

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I thought I was giving up my first love, my passion, so that I could have a bigger impact socially and financially. But right now, all I feel is lost without it. Even the small whisper of a violin playing brings my heart and soul to tears.

You ever feel like something was just so a part of you? Like to the average person you’d look like you had extra limb, but it was really God giving you your gift. Like at your commencement of life ceremony your soul was almost finished being created but not yet complete because every new soul gets a super tool, one they will use to impact the whole world. It is meant to protect them, protect others, meant to be relied on unwillingly, supportive, brings you happiness and others and ultimately will make the world a better place. The violin was mine. Was my super tool. I miss her.

Times are tough right now and sometimes I wonder if I made the right decision in leaving my passion. Sometimes I wish I could go back. Or maybe simply just have more time to do both.

I feel like I’m compromising a lot for this dream these days

#music #black women #classical music #violin #hopes and dreams #art #black art #black woman in real estate

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