Solo Piano Works by Florence Price and Karen Walwyn
Karen Walwyn
Image courtesy of the artist
Dr. Karen Walwyn—concert pianist, composer, and leading authority on Florence Price—presents a rare look into the composer’s life through recently recovered artifacts. Following a historic visit this past summer to the home where Price’s manuscripts were found after a thirty-year disappearance, Walwyn offers first-hand insights into this monumental discovery. The program features a lecture-recital culminating in a selection of Price's works alongside a selection of Walwyn’s own original compositions.
Price's music was lost for over 30 years and was rediscovered in her abandoned home in 2009. Walwyn was the first to premiere the Concerto in One Movement for Piano with Orchestra and is a sought-after interpreter and scholar for lectures and recitals on Price across the country.