When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933, she became the first Black woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Though she is foundational to modern classical music, she doesn’t receive the same recognition as white composers. But the Bienen School of Music hopes to recognize.
A beautiful summer night with a crescent moon and more than 1,660 people gathered on the lush lawns and in the amphitheater of the Saratoga Performing Arts…