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Philadelphia Orchestra and musical schoolchildren join forces to celebrate pioneering Black composer

Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin was on hand to chat with the New York students, who have written a book about composer Florence Price.

Students of New York's Special Music School talk with Philadelphia Orchestra director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. The students have written a book about Florence Price, the mid-20th-century Black composer whose music is having a renaissance. The Philadelphia Orchestra is in the midst of performing and recordings many of Price's works.
Students of New York's Special Music School talk with Philadelphia Orchestra director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. The students have written a book about Florence Price, the mid-20th-century Black composer whose music is having a renaissance. The Philadelphia Orchestra is in the midst of performing and recordings many of Price's works.Read moreJose F. Moreno/ Staff Photographer