Jul 14 Summer Listening Video: The Unheard: Florence Price Watch The Unheard concert, featuring the music of Florence Price, and the modern-day premiere of her string quartet “Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint.” Recorded live at the Muhammad Ali Center on July 13, 2017. By Daniel Gilliam Jul 14 Summer Listening Video: The Unheard: Florence Price By Daniel Gilliam
Jul 06 Summer Listening The Unheard: Florence Price’s Lost String Quartet Louisville Public Media’s 90.5 WUOL, in partnership with the Muhammad Ali Center, presents the modern-day premiere of a recently discovered string quartet by Florence Price. The premiere is set to take place on July 13 at 7:30 p.m. at The Muhammad Ali Center, View Pointe Hall. Price is generally considered the first African-American woman to […] By Sara Louise Callaway Jul 06 Summer Listening The Unheard: Florence Price’s Lost String Quartet By Sara Louise Callaway
Jun 30 Summer Listening Summer Listening kicks off! Listen to our first Summer Listening radio show Sunday July 2nd from 1-4 p.m. We’ll be featuring composers from and music about the USA plus kid’s in our community! Join us for a musical 4th of July! Louisville Waterfront Fourth Harbor Lawn 5-9 p.m. 90.5 WUOL is partnering with the Louisville Folk School and the […] By Sara Louise Callaway Jun 30 Summer Listening Summer Listening kicks off! By Sara Louise Callaway
May 17 Summer Listening Summer Listening Sign Ups Now Open! Sign up to be a Summer Listener here. Louisville Public Media announces the 5th season of 90.5 WUOL’s Summer Listening, a free program designed to encourage parents and their children to listen to classical music together over the summer vacation. How it works Tune in to 90.5 FM or WUOL.org to live stream our themed […] By Sara Louise Callaway May 17 Summer Listening Summer Listening Sign Ups Now Open! By Sara Louise Callaway
Apr 21 Summer Listening Share Your Story! Submit your story or poem inspired by a piece of classical music by May 1st. You’ll have a chance to record your story in our studios and then we can share it with everyone during Summer Listening 2017! Winners will be notified on May 8th. Open to all ages. You can submit stories online or […] By Sara Louise Callaway Apr 21 Summer Listening Share Your Story! By Sara Louise Callaway
Jul 14 Summer Listening Share Your Story Winners! Listen to Hadley Thompson and Mackenzie Berry below: visit wuol.org/shareyourstory for details Hadley Thompson’s story is inspired by Hector Berlioz’s “March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantistique, James Levine conducts the Berlin Philharmonic. Hadley is a 7th grader at Hazelwood Middle School in New Albany, IN ________________________________________________________ “Those Who Wish to Be You Are Likely […] By Sara Louise Callaway Jul 14 Summer Listening Share Your Story Winners! By Sara Louise Callaway
Jul 11 Summer Listening Florence Price On June 15, 1933, Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra premiered Florence Price’s Symphony in E Minor in front of a packed house at the Auditorium Theatre. That night Price became the first African American woman to earn such a distinguished premiere. In a certain sense, the event mirrored Jackie Robinson’s heroic Major League […] By Sara Louise Callaway Jul 11 Summer Listening Florence Price By Sara Louise Callaway