Newsletters

New Interpretation of Deep River

William Chapman Nyaho and Coleridge

Coleridge and the BBC

Song of Hiawatha

Coleridge At Australian Music Conference

Demande and Response in Apartheid South Africa

Hiawatha in the First World War

Talks about Coleridge-Taylor … and more

Coleridge’s Friends the Thrifts

Black Classics For Kids

Singing Dunbar Poems in the States

Newsletter 44 August 2016

Showcasing songs; 

BBC Radio 3 -  Black and BME Composers in October

SC-T in the United States

Miscellaneous News

S-CT’S life and music at Croydon’s Libraries

Coulsdon Choral Society Concert 1929

Newsletter 43 May 2016

Black Chronicles Exhibition

Shakespeare and Coleridge-Taylor

Coleridge on CD and Internet.

Newsletter 42 February 2016

Concert and CD News

Other News

SC-T and Croydon’s Music Scene

Newsletter 41 September 2015

Events and News

Selhurst’s Forgotten History

Kenneth Alwyn’s autobiography

Mattie Lawrence/Thrift

Newsletter 40 May 2015

Editorial: Croydon Needs a Soul

S-CT’s homes in Selhurst: history walk

Longfellow Chorus’s film on SC-T

‘A City Needs a Soul’ by Daniel Labonne

Newsletter 39 April  2015

SC-T and Civil Rights

SC-T in US and Canadian Black History Month

SC-T recordings etc on the web

Miscellaneous notes

A Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Concert 

Newsletter 38 January 2015

Concert 26 January

Loudin, Marion Lawrence and Coleridge-Taylor

News

The imaginary African: music, identity, and race by Nicholas Cook

Newsletter 37 October 2014

October events

SC-T and Croydon Music Heritage

SC-T in America 1910

Newsletter 36 June 2014

Events

John Archer

Some SC-T Performances in Battersea 1915-1923

News and Information

J. Rosamond Johnson 

Newsletter 35 May 2014 

News

Coleridge-Taylor and the absence of “Africa” (Jeffrey Green)

Newsletter 34 April 2014

 Events: News

 SC-T Film at Boston

Newsletter 33 March 2014 contains:

Coleridge-Taylor and Croydon Heritage Festival

Deep River

Coleridge-Taylor and Boston

Coleridge-Taylor is a little warmer

Leonard Slatkin assess the influence of black musicians in classical music

Performances in the United States

The Man who could be Coleridge-Taylor

First World War Performance

The Genesis of Longfellow’s Hiawatha;

'Prejudice and Aloofness’: Race, Class, Bigotry and Coleridge-Taylor by Jeffrey Green

Newsletter 32 December 2013 contains:

Editorial

A Christmas Day Feast with Coleridge-Taylor

The Epiphany - a Poem for Christmas from the Past

Interview with Adetokumboh M’Cormack

Newsletter 31 November 2013 contains:

Events

News & Information

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Crystal Palace

On Discovering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor! =- Jonathan Butcher

Newsletter 30 October 2013 contains:

 Events

 Waka Hasegawa Concert flier 17 October

News and Information

The Violin Concerto,  Charles Kaufmann

Coleridge and America, by Charles Kaufmann

Longfellow and the Music of the Bengali Renaissance, by Charles Kaufmann

The Orchestra of the Longfellow Chorus Plays Overture to Hiawatha, by Charles Kaufman

Born at Theobolds Rd, Holborn, by Jeff Green

‘One of My Best Friends’ – Michel Zacharewitsch and Coleridge-Taylor, by Jeff Gree

Documenting Dr John  Alcindor (1873-1924), Friend of the Coleridge-Taylors, by Jeff Green

The Black Mahler, by Jeff Green

Newsletter 29 August 2013 contains:

Diary

Waka Hasegawa and Coleridge-Taylor’s Piano Music

Recordings of Coleridge-Taylor’s music made during his lifetime by Rainer E. Lotz.

Newsletter 28 July 2013 contains:

News & Information

Coleridge’s Birthplace – 15 Theobolds Rd, London

Henry Wendon in Hiawatha

Poem by Raoul Dero

The In Dahomey Sensation by Jeffrey Green

Newsletter 27 June 2013 contains:

Two Commemorations to Coleridge-Taylor

Notes

News From America

SC-T, Black Artists and the SSO

Black Artists in London 1910

Newsletter 26 May 2013 contains:

Editorial

News and Information;

Nubian Jak Starts London Schools Remembrance Project

Longfellow Chorus Festival 2013

Longfellow, Hiawatha and the Fugitive Slave Act

SC-T’s Setting Of Dunbar’s Corn Song

Coleridge-Taylor and Indians

Jeffrey Green on the Black Presence in Edwardian Britain.

Newsletter 25 March 2013 contains:

Longfellow Chorus Festival 13-17 March

Longfellow & Britain

Don’t Be Weary Traveller

She Dwells by Great Kenhawa’s Side

SC-T on You Tube.

Newsletter 24 February 2013 contains:

Some Feedback Comments

News

Appreciating SC-T in Weston-Super-Mare

Lionel Harrison Recalls Conducting Hiawatha in Essex in 1977

Kenneth Alwyn on a Life with SC-T

Stephen Harrow’s Welcome at the Plaque Ceremony

Newsletter 23 January 2013 contains:

Festival closes with successful plaque unveiling and reception

Jonathan Butcher's speech at plaque unveiling

A Christmas Day feast with Coleridge-Taylor

What Next?

Newsletter 22 December 2012 contains:

Editorial

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Gala Concert Programme Notes

Newsletter 21 November 2012 contains:

SC-T November Events

News & Information

“Devoted daughter” - Avril Coleridge-Taylor & Her Father

Avril C-T and Sir Arthur Bliss

Jeffrey Green on Frederick Jeremiah Loudin’s Influence on Coleridge-Taylor

Newsletter Contents

Newsletter 20 October 2012 contains:

Plaque Appeal

Diary

Jeffrey Green on Coleridge-Taylor Celebrations in the USA and Coleridge-Taylor and the Absence of ‘Africa’

Newsletter 19 October 2012 contains:

Highlighted Events

Other Events

News

News from the United States

SC-T and the Johnsons

Book, Newspaper and Journal Extracts about SC-T

Will Hutchinson on the SC-T Pilgrimage 1 September

Newsletter 18 September 2012 contains:

Diary

Fred Scott on Song for the World. The story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

News and Information

Jeff Green on Alice, the composer’s mother

John Pugh on SC-T’s birthplace: Theobalds Rd.

Newsletter 17 September 2012 contains

Editorial

Diary

News

Previous  Black Musicians in Europe

SC-T & The Musicians’ Church – St Sepulchure without Newgate;

Aldwick, 6 St. Leonards Rd, Croydon

Bene Dixon and Coleridge-Taylor

The Croydon Minister Evensong  Address Given by Stephen Harrow

Newsletter 16 September 2012 contains:

1 September Picnic Pilgrimage

Editorial

Diary

News

SC-T’s Death – Some Newspaper Reportage

Notes on SC-T

Longfellow Chrous Update

SC-T on the Web

What was known publicly about SC-T during his lifetime?

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Duse Mohamed (Ali)

Duse Mohamed (Ali).    

Newsletter 15 August 2012 contains:

Feedback

Events

News

The Crystal Palace – A Fading Entertainment Centre

Ellen and John Jackson, The Composer’s Friends

The Role of Women in British Music in the 1890s

SC-T Documentary Needs Financial Support

Newsletter 14 July 2012 contains:

Events

SC-T to be BBC 3 Composer of the Week

Oliver Davies on SC-T

William Hurlstone

News

News re-SC-T in the USA

SC-T’S Music – What are the Opus numbers?

SC-T and roller skating

Programme notes for 17 July Concert

Newsletter 13 June 2012 contains:

Events

News & Information

Carl Stoeckel and Ellen Battell, Patrons of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

SC-T’s Legacy

African Connections in the Wandsworth and Battersea Area

Newsletter 12 May 2012 contains:

Events

Zara’s Ear-rings

1902 Assessment of SC-T’s Music

News & Information

SC-T Historical Notes

Longfellow, Anti-Slavery and Arthur Burns

Notes of Interest Re-Hiawatha

Recordings and Scores of SC-T Music

Fisk Jubilee Singers

BBC Empire Service 1953

The Mystery Girl in Selhurst

Liberia and Coleridge-Taylor

Newsletter 11 April 2012 contains:

Next Events

Call Mr Robeson

News & Information

Evelyn Dove Sings SC-T

BBC Broadcasts 1923-1987

SC-T and Africa: 1897

The Musical Times and Berwick- Sayers 1915 Biography.

Newsletter 10 March 2012 contains:

It's not too late to book

News Round-up

Kathleen Easmon

Newsletter 9 March 2012 contains:

Editorial: A Roundup of Developments

Events 23 March, 3 & 28 April

Reviews of Thelma

SC-T at Black Cultural Archives