Submitted by Humanities Web Project on March 12, 2025 - 5:00pm
School of Music graduate student Lorin Price, flute, performs with Dr. Stephen Price, organ, as part of the Black Composers Project.
From UW College of Arts and Sciences News
April 2025 Perspectives newsletter
By Nancy Joseph
Most people know Mozart and Beethoven, composers of the Classical music era. But what about Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a Black composer living in Europe at the same time? Saint-Georges is one of seven composers (see sidebar) featured in the Black Composers Project, an hour-long video that pairs historical information about Black composers with performances of their works that feature the organ.
Stephen Price, head of organ studies in the UW School of Music and Paul B. Fritts Faculty Fellow, created and led the Black Composers Project. Here he answers a few questions about the project.