Premiere of Olly Wilson's Sometimes for Tenor and Electronic Tape. Premiere of Ulysses Kay's Jubilee given by Opera/South under James De Priest. George T. Walker (1922- ) fuses classical tradition and the swing style of Duke Ellington in his Piano Concerto. 1977 Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture at Lagos, Nigeria. Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams becomes artist-in-residence at Duke University. ABC broadcasts the television series Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley (1921-1992). 1978 William Grant Still dies in Los Angeles on 3 December. Howard Swanson dies in New York City. T. J. Anderson's 50th birthday celebrated with a concert including his Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg. 1979 National Black Music Colloquium and Competition held in Washington, D. C.
Premiere of Ulysses Kay's Jubilee given by Opera/South under James De Priest. George T. Walker (1922- ) fuses classical tradition and the swing style of Duke Ellington in his Piano Concerto. 1977 Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture at Lagos, Nigeria. Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams becomes artist-in-residence at Duke University. ABC broadcasts the television series Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley (1921-1992). 1978 William Grant Still dies in Los Angeles on 3 December. Howard Swanson dies in New York City. T. J. Anderson's 50th birthday celebrated with a concert including his Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg. 1979 National Black Music Colloquium and Competition held in Washington, D. C.
Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams becomes artist-in-residence at Duke University. ABC broadcasts the television series Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley (1921-1992). 1978 William Grant Still dies in Los Angeles on 3 December. Howard Swanson dies in New York City. T. J. Anderson's 50th birthday celebrated with a concert including his Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg. 1979 National Black Music Colloquium and Competition held in Washington, D. C.
William Grant Still dies in Los Angeles on 3 December. Howard Swanson dies in New York City. T. J. Anderson's 50th birthday celebrated with a concert including his Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg. 1979 National Black Music Colloquium and Competition held in Washington, D. C.
T. J. Anderson's 50th birthday celebrated with a concert including his Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg. 1979 National Black Music Colloquium and Competition held in Washington, D. C.
