America’s First Piano Concerto

Composed by A Black Woman

 
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Life

Explore the life of Helen Hagan

America’s first African American female to graduate from Yale

American’s first Black Female to write a Piano Concerto

American’s first Black Female to entertain troops in WWI

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Transcriptions

Explore the creation of Helen Hagan’s Scholarly Critical Transcription of Piano Concerto in C Minor

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Database

Explore piano music for orchestra and small ensembles by Black American Female Composers