Meany Center: Michelle Cann

• Michelle Cann, piano

Florence Price — Fantasie nègre No. 1 in E minor
Florence Price — Fantasie nègre No. 2 in G minor
Florence Price — Fantasie nègre No. 4 in B minor
Margaret Bonds — Spiritual Suite
Betty Jackson King — Four Seasonal Sketches
Irene Britton Smith — Variations on a Theme by MacDowell
Nora Holt — Negro Dance, Op. 25, No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff / Hazel Scott — Fantasy Pieces, Op. 3, No. 2: Improvisation on Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor
Franz Liszt / Hazel Scott — Improvisation on Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Lauded as "technically fearless with…an enormous, rich sound" (La Scena Musicale), pianist Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at age 14 and has since performed as a soloist with numerous prominent orchestras. She is the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization. Cann's Meany debut features a program of music by luminaries of Chicago's Black Renaissance, including Hazel Scott, Nora Holt, Irene Britton Smith, and others. A champion of the music of Florence Price, Cann also performs the composer's Fantasies No. 1, 2, and 4.

"One of the most visible exponents of the music of Florence Price."
— Chicago Tribune

About Meany Center for the Performing Arts

http://www.meanycenter.org

About Michelle Cann, piano

https://www.michellecann.com/