In New 'Short Talks' Podcast, Kahng Discusses the Florence Price Preservation Project

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Er-Gene Kahng, associate professor of music.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – "I tried to have the best conversation I could with Florence Price's manuscript, and I feel there's something quite deep emotionally." 

In this new Short Talks From the Hill, a podcast from the University of Arkansas, violin professor Er-Gene Kahng discusses her personal discovery of Arkansas composer Florence Price, the first black woman to be recognized as a major symphonic composer. 
Several years ago, Kahng and James Greeson, emeritus professor of music, combed through Price's manuscripts housed at University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections and discovered Price's violin concertos, including one concerto that historians did not know existed.  

Kahng eventually recorded the concertos with the Janacek Philharmonic, an internationally recognized orchestra in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The recordings will be released in February. 

Florence Price

To listen to more episodes of Short Talks, go to ResearchFrontiers.uark.edu, the home of research news at the University of Arkansas. Listeners can also find Short Talks From the Hill podcasts under the "Local & Podcast" link at KUAF.com.

As part of "Music 75," the Music Department's initiative to share and make music in all 75 counties in the state, Kahng will promote and highlight the significance of Price's music by presenting community outreach concerts and distributing free copies of the recordings to art institutions, schools and libraries across Arkansas. 
To learn more about Kahng's work on the Florence Price Preservation Project and to watch and listen to Kahng playing Price's concertos, visit Research Frontiers.  

Short Talks From the Hill highlights research and scholarly work at the University of Arkansas. Each segment features a university researcher discussing his or her work. For more information and additional podcasts, click on the Multimedia link at ResearchFrontiers.uark.edu.

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