Join the Music Institute of Chicago to celebrate and explore the music of Florence Price, a composer with over 300 works and roots as an artist and teacher in Chicago.
Price was the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra (the CSO in 1933), yet she struggled for recognition within her lifetime.
During the 2024-2025 school year, students and teachers from across the Music Institute will perform works by Price, culminating with a celebration concert featuring remarks from interpreters and scholars of Price, including violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and a world premiere performance poem by artist K-Love honoring Price’s legacy.
One Composer, One Community (OCOC), first launched at the Music Institute of Chicago in 2021, focuses on the life and work of a single underrepresented composer over the course of an academic year.