Frances Walker-Slocum’s Brilliance and Advocacy: Bringing Black Classical Composers to the Forefront of Oberlin Conservatory

Document 1: Bicentennial Program Review   |     Document 2: Oakwood College Concert Program
      Document 3: African-American Music Festival Concert Program     |     Document 4: Oberlin Faculty Recital Concert Program
Document 5: Tenure Recommendation      |     Document 6: Letter from Oberlin President Starr
Document 7: Interview      |      Bibliography      |     Notable Figures

 Document 4: Oberlin Faculty Recital Concert Program

Title: Faculty Recital: Frances Walker

Date: 8 October 1979

Document Type: Typed Document

Location: Frances Walker Slocum Papers, RG 30/222, Box 1, O. C. A.

In a uniquely European-heavy program, Frances Walker-Slocum performed one work by a Black composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Walker-Slocum rarely let a concert go by without performing a Black composition, as she believed each concert was a platform for advocacy and redefinition of the classical genre.

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program

OBERLIN COLLEGE

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

FACULTY RECITAL

FRANCES WALKER

piano

 

Warner Concert Hall                           Monday, October 8, 1979                                       8:30 P.M.

 

Two Intermezzos                                                                                                  Johannes Brahms

(1833-1897)

Op. 118, No. 2

Op. 119, No.3

 

Sonata, Op. 5 in F minor                                                                                                        Brahms

 

Allegro maestoso

Andante espressivo

Scherzo:  Allegro energico

Intermezzo:  Andante molto

Finale:  Allegro moderato ma rubato

 

INTERMISSION

 

Images, Book I                                                                                                        Claude Debussy

(1862-1918)

Reflets dans l’eau

Hommage á Rameau

Movement

 

Three “Three-Fours”, Op. 71                                                                 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

(1875-1912)

 

Francis de Paule Walking on the Waves                                                                         Franz Liszt

(1811-1886)