The band received $40,000 from Tractor Supply after the company learned the students didn’t reach their $130,000 financial goal to get to DC to perform.
Allen, 100, has been at the helm of the Arkestra since 1995, directing the avant-garde jazz ensemble after the death of Afrofuturist visionary (and Birmingham native) Sun Ra. Allen, a composer and ...
It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music.