“Music is my connection to the world. It guides me to understand my place in relation to others and challenges me to make clear the things I do not understand. I imagine that music is a meeting place at which all people can converse about their unique differences and common stories.”
   — Jessie Montgomery

Unique differences and common stories, music as meeting place for fellowship and conversation… this is what Fridays with 45^th Parallel has become since our first broadcast last May. This Friday will be our 37th show, and features the Pyxis Quartet performing music of Carlos Simon, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price, in honor of Black History Month.

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WORKS

Carlos Simon: An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G major

PERFORMERS

Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello