Serenade Duo’s Shining Light Series: Adoration — Florence Price

Discover Florence Price through live flute and guitar, conversation, and community art with Serenade Duo at Kasher Gallery & Studios. What happens when music once overlooked is given space to be heard? Join us at Kasher Gallery & Studios for Adoration — The Florence Price Guitar & Flute Project, part of Serenade Duo’s Shining Light Series, which celebrates underappreciated historical and contemporary musical voices from around the world. Featuring Michelle LaPorte on flute and Gerry Saulter on guitar, this Concert & Conversation brings Florence Price’s music to life through the Duo’s original arrangements for these two instruments. A composer, pianist, and educator, Price broke barriers as the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. Her music draws together European classical traditions and influences of jazz, blues, African American spirituals, and folk melodies. Through profound obstacles, she created a distinctive musical voice filled with resilience, tenderness, joy, and hope. Serenade Duo invites us to listen closely, to the music itself and to the story of the woman behind it. An evening of music, conversation, and creativity • Enjoy a live performance of selected Florence Price works, newly arranged for flute and guitar. • Explore the connections between her music, life, and enduring cultural significance through conversation with the Duo. • Meet the musicians following the performance. • Contribute to a collaborative community art project guided by visual teaching artists Christine Donnelly and Sydell Glasser, sharing the thoughts, emotions, and impressions the music inspires. Whether you are a longtime classical music listener or discovering Florence Price for the first time, we welcome you to share in this experience of listening, reflection, and connection. Admission is free. Performers Michelle LaPorte, flute Gerry Saulter, guitar Together, Serenade Duo