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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Groupmuse\nMusicians: MusicTalks Concerts\, Diverse C
 oncert Artists\, and Tia Allen\n\nOne of the truly honorable cultural inst
 itutions in our country has to be **Black History Month**. For a country w
 hose story has for so long been defined by the color line and all of the p
 ain and horrors that that has entailed\, it is a genuine sign of growth an
 d reconciliation that every year\, a month is devoted to explicitly celebr
 ating the transformational uplift and impact the African American communit
 y has had on these United States and on all of humanity. That's of course 
 not to say there aren't many miles to go and rivers to cross before reachi
 ng the Promise Land\, but BHM truthfully manifests an arc bent towards Jus
 tice.\n\nWe at Groupmuse try to do our part\, and\, thanks to our friends 
 at **MusicTalks**\, we can really do it right this year. So please\, join 
 us at the beautiful **Interface NYC** on **February 8th** for our **[Black
  History Massivemuse.](www.groupmuse.com/events/7822)** \n\nMusicTalks has
  partnered with **Diverse Concert Artists** and an all-African American st
 ring quartet to play an evening of masterworks by composers of African des
 cent from throughout the ages that the History Books have unsurprisingly n
 eglected. Until now.\n\nWe'll have a string quartet by **Chevalier Saint G
 eorge** - born in Guadalupe\, 1745 to a wealthy planter and the enslaved w
 oman he kept\, Saint George is widely regarded as the first classical comp
 oser of African descent. \n\nThen it'll be **Florence Price** - and her su
 blime "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint". Born in 1887\, she's regarded as t
 he first significant female African American composer. And boy is she grea
 t.\n\nThen we'll have some **Duke Ellington\, and Sir Duke needs no descri
 ptor.**\n\nWe'll finish with a piece called "Voodoo Dolls" by **Jesse Mont
 gomery**\, a composer alive\, young\, and writing some of the most dynamic
  and exciting classical music today.\n\n**It really will be an incredible 
 evening of music\, remembrance\, and celebration and we hope you'll join u
 s.**
LOCATION:Chelsea
SUMMARY:A Massive for Black History
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/7822-a-massive-for-black-history
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