New England Authors – Julie Leven
October 29, 2019
Arts & Entertainment
Composer Francine Trester was inspired to write a short opera about Florence Price, the African-American composer who died in 1953. Price’s music is beautiful, and although she was the first African-American to have a major symphony play her work, she suffered racial and gender discrimination, including homelessness. Julie Leven, founder of an organization that plays […]