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Florence Beatrice Price was a pianist and classical composer who owned the distinction of being the first Black woman to have her works played by a major orchestra. Florence Beatrice Smith was born April 9, 1887 in Little Rock, Ark. Raised in a mixed-family household by a dentist father and music teacher mother, Price was […]

Rapper Sir-Mix-a-Lot is scheduled to perform with the Seattle Symphony for a classical rendition of “Baby Got Back,” The piece was put together by composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev, (he is the grandson of the renowned Sergei Prokofiev), who wrote the unusual piece for the symphony.How do you think the performance will fair? Interesting paring, right? “[Sir […]