The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts is proud to announce an endowed scholarship program established in memory of Marian Anderson, following the renaming of Verizon Hall to Marian Anderson ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- From here on out, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform at a concert hall that pays tribute to Civil Rights trailblazer and musical icon Marian Anderson. On Saturday, the ...

Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...

A sold-out recital in March 1940 forever changed the story of downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre. Classical singer and Black civil rights activist Marian Anderson, who was denied performing in the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Marian Anderson Museum recently reopened its doors after more than four years of rebuilding and renovations and there's a new exhibition to welcome visitors back. "Marian: ...

On Saturday, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts officially rededicated Verizon Hall as Marian Anderson Hall, the first major concert venue in the world to honor the late contralto, Civil ...

The Black contralto put European art music and African-American spirituals in parity — and in her art, paved the way for generations of singers... Marian Anderson: The Most Modest Trailblazer ...

The Marian Anderson String Quartet, the first African American ensemble to win a major classical music competition, will be in residence at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from Wednesday, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- This weekend, for one night only, Kristin Chenoweth will join the Philadelphia Orchestra live on stage at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' Marian Anderson Hall. Fun ...