UPCOMING: SUJARI BRITT IS A CELLO PRODIGY
In 2009, Sujari Britt(L) was asked by First Lady Michelle Obama to play at the White House alongside renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein(R). Since then, the nine-year-old child prodigy has received countless accolades, including being named the 2010 recipient of the Dianne Flagello Precollege Division Scholarship Endowment at the Manhattan School of Music where she studies.
Britt, who has been studying the cello at least three hours a day since the age of 5, wowed first lady Michelle Obama in November 2009 at a White-House-hosted workshop and recital for student musicians. The first lady summoned the youngster to perform for the president that evening, where Britt captivated the White House audience with her precision as she performed the first movement of Luigi Boccherini’s Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major with 27-year-old Alisa Weilerstein.
Even before her White House performance, it was already abundantly clear that this cello prodigy would make an impact on the classical music world; in 2008, her performance of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major won first place at the annual Associated Music Teachers League scholarship competition. Read More
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Source:The Grio
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This is REALLY inspiring news and this young lady is an excellent role model! I’m going to listen to the video. This girl reminds me of another Black musical prodigy called Philippa Duke Schuyler. Has anyone heard of her? Years ago, I played the piano and became pretty serious about a music career for a while. To inspire me, my mother gave me a book to read about Philippa Duke Schuyler’s life and accomplishments called “Compositions In Black And White”. She was like a little Beethoven! Incredibly talented–composed music at five, and toured the world. Ms. Britt has more opportunities in this day and age than Schuyler had back in the 1940′s, and can really soar in the music world with her talent!
I thought she was Sasha at first.
i remember seeing this video back in 2009 on the White House’s website and thinking wow, what a lucky little girl to play for the First Family in the White House. and she is very good to be so young, as well. saw some more of her videos on youtube and i love that they’re such a musical family.
i myself would have loved to learn how to play the piano and guitar (heck, even drums lol!) growing up, but unfortunately it was something extra that we couldn’t really afford. so it’s not always that we’re not exposed to these types of things. just maybe not always in a family’s budget.
she’s amazing. Makes me wish I hadn’t given up the violin. I love stringed instruments…
How Awesome was that? That was incredibly Awesome!!
That was awesome!
Nice. I can say that without taking away from some of the marvelous athletes and hip hop artists out here. That is all.
gtsa, you have MASTERED the art of compromise! (smile) I agree with you,any of our young ones contributing anything to the arts and culture from hip hop to classical is a wonderful and inspiring thing.
Quote: “Any of our young ones contributing anything to the arts and culture from hip hop to classical is a wonderful and inspiring thing.”
Well said Pisces and I think you caught my drift
. Wasn’t taking anything away from this lovely young lady and her wonderful talent nor classical music which I can really enjoy and appreciate as many people do. It will always get its accolades across the boards.
I recall looking at a performance of Patti LaBelle on youtube and some person commenting that her voice could never compare with those of the great opera stars like Callas, et al. I believe this person in his quest to appear of “refined” taste, missed the point. There are all kinds of greatness and people have their own ways of shining.
Was listening the other day to Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life, and it was absolute manna to me. Talk about masterpieces.
The cello has always been my favorite instruments! I donate every year to the DC Youth Orchestra – would like to see more of our children learning classical music.
8 in a roll that’s a record without a skip but I expect nothing less from you.
@William Blake…What the hell are you trying to say? You sound creepy and out of place on this thread…also like a racist troll.
*too happy as a lark to type a proper sentence*
What Bookworm J, Teri and C-Sassy said.
This just blessed my soul. I’m so proud of Sujari. Just because we don’t always hear about young black prodigies doesn’t mean they aren’t out there. The media isn’t great at showing this side of our culture. My brother has been into classical music since he was a very young boy.
Thanks, BCK, for presenting the fact that we aren’t monolithic people.
That was beautiful!!! I really love classical music and wish that it was as popular as this pop music crap. I was so relaxed watching and listening to her play. She will go far with this great talent she possess. She is also a cutie.
Ditto.
I never got the chance growing up to get into that but I hope that one day my child will go into that. I’m the biggest Mozart Fan, so maybe it will be passed down!
That’s really good to hear. I wish more black kids in the United States would hip to that. Instead we hear about “future NBA players” and “girl groups who are one song away from video girls”.
Congrats to the parents who should be proud of this wonderful little girl.
Keep it up hon!!
I also would love to hear more news about kids and people playing classical music. It was relaxing.
Beautiful. Black History in progress. Keep up the disciplined work, cutie.
Yes it is! I had to listen to this three times becasue I was so impressed and it relaxed me.
Thank you Pisces! I never knew that about Beethoven. Society always want to portray us in a negative way and not tell us about our true history. I am glad that you have educated me with new facts about our rich history. You are always doing that and I just wanted say, thank you!
@Pisces
I heard the same thing, that his father was either a Moor or part Moor. Beethoven’s complexion was described as being swarthy but it may have been more like olive. Also, I heard that the reason he never married his ‘immortal beloved’ was that her parents objected to his ancestry. I always wondered if Fur Elise was really for her.
My favorite Beethoven piece is Fur Elise followed by Ode to Joy
and Moonlight Sonata. When I was young I played the piano and violin. I enjoyed playing Beethoven’s works on the piano but Mozart’s on the violin.
@nk, thanks for sharing the additional info, not only about Beethoven, but about yourself, too. It’s always a pleasure reading your thoughts and opinions.
Thanks, Pisces!
“Für Elise” was probably written (in 1810) for Elisabeth Röckel, who was later married (in 1813) to Beethoven’s friend Johann Nepomuk Hummel. That’s only a myth that Beethoven wanted to marry her, but they loved each other in some way, not mainly physically/emotionally but more spiritually.
@Pisces
Sorry, I don’t wanna destroy your fantasies but then you have to call more then half of the European civilization and nearly all people from the Near East “black” because of their “olive” or “brown” skin tone. Europe, Near East, Middle East and North Africa is diverse since thousends of years and there is nothing new about that. It’s a silly myth that Beethoven’s father was part Moorish anyway, and a Moor can be a person of any appearance, a Berber, Arab or African. Please read something about Al Andalus.
“The Black Spaniard”? One of the homes in which Beethoven resided in Vienna (Austria), the music capitol of European Music at that time, was called the “Schwarzspanierhaus,” translated to “House of the Black Spaniards”.
And this is because the monastery was inhabited by black-robed Spanish benedictine monks and “Schwarzspanier” can be translated also as “Black Spaniard’s”.
@Pisces
That’s absurd! Sorry, I don’t wanna destroy your fantasies but then you have to call more then half of the European civilization and nearly all people from the Near East “black” because of their “olive” or “brown” skin tone. Europe, Near East, Middle East and North Africa is diverse since thousends of years and there is nothing new about that. It’s a silly myth that Beethoven’s father was part Moorish anyway, and a Moor can be a person of any appearance, a Berber, Arab or African. Please read something about Al Andalus.
What’s wrong with my comments? I tried many times but they don’t appear.
@Pisces
“The Black Spaniard”? One of the homes in which Beethoven resided in Vienna (Austria), the music capitol of European Music at that time, was called the “Schwarzspanierhaus,” translated to “House of the Black Spaniards”.
And this is because the monastery was inhabited by black-robed Spanish benedictine monks and “Schwarzspanier” can be translated also as “Black Spaniard’s”.
I don’t wanna destroy your fantasies but then you have to call more then half of the European civilization and nearly all people from the Near East “black” because of their “olive” or “brown” skin tone. Europe, Near East, Middle East and North Africa is diverse since thousends of years and there is nothing new about that. It’s a silly myth that Beethoven’s father was part Moorish anyway, and a Moor can be a person of any appearance, a Berber, Arab or African. Please read something about Al Andalus.
Depending on your theory, you have to call more then half of the European civilization and nearly all people from the Near East “black” because of their olive or brown skin tones. Europe, N. East, M. East and N. Africa is really diverse since thousends of years.
It’s only a myth that his father was a Moor or part of that – and a Moor can be a person of any appearance, regardless of skin color (Berber, Arab or North African). Please read something about Al Andalus and its great history.
His father was a Moor or part Moorish? That’s only a fairy-tale – and by the way, a Moor can be a person of any appearance, regardless of skin color (Berber, Arab or North African).
By the way, a Moor can be a person of any appearance, please read something about Al Andalus and its great history, but there is no evidence that L. v. Beethoven or his father was part Moorish anyway.