The Orchestra Now (TON) regularly presents concerts keyed into exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The most recent, William Grant Still and the Harlem Renaissance, focuses on Still's "Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race," reflecting the Met exhibit, "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism." Still had an impressive career full of firsts for Americans and African-Americans. He wrote five symphonie…
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