Ethiopia's Shadow in America
Ethiopia's Shadow in America is an orchestral composition written by Florence Price in 1932. It received honorable mention for piano pieces in that year's Rodman Wanamaker Music Contest. According to Florence Price, the three linked movements are intended to portray: Many of Price's works, including this, were lost for a long time and were found again in 2009. "Ethiopia's Shadow" was performed by the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in January 2015. On September 30, 2018, Jordan Randall Smith conducted the Hopkins Concert Orchestra in a performance he claims is the  first East Coast performance. On March 8, 2020, the Washington, DC, premiere of "Ethiopia's Shadow in America" was performed by the DC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Randall Stewart. The work was performed by the Akron Symphony Orchestra on November 13, 2021. Structure. Price divide the composition in three parts: