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In a recent interview with CBS Philadelphia's Howard Monroe ... into the main concert hall at the Kimmel Center, named Marian Anderson Hall.
When everything seems to be happening all the time, you wonder how can music have so much traffic and still cohere? It’s ...
Anderson was born in Philadelphia in ... at the storied Wigmore Hall, setting off a rapturous response among the European crowds who watched her perform—“Marian Fever,” a Swedish newspaper ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Marian Anderson Museum recently reopened its doors after more than four years of rebuilding and renovations and there's a new exhibition to welcome visitors back.
While Philadelphia conservatories turned Marian away with the refusal ... who owned the Hall, refused to accommodate Anderson. The rebuff was widely publicized when Eleanor Roosevelt, herself ...
Three years ago, fourth-graders at Chester A. Arthur Elementary School in South Philadelphia researched their school’s ...
Schiff had been slated to appear with the Philadelphia Orchestra as both ... 8 and 9 at the Marian Anderson Hall.
Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27 ... Revolution banned her from performing at its Constitution Hall. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ultimately intervened and facilitated ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! When William “Bill” Dougherty is not teaching at the Marian Anderson Young Artists ...