Has anyone mentioned the passing of George Walker. He was the first African-American Composer to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for Lilacs For Voice and Orchestra . He passed away on August 23, 2018.
I met him. It was 2010 and the work was Foils for Orchestra (Hommage à Saint George) (West Coast Premiere) which was a very fine and intense work about St George and the dragon. A very fine and modest composer. RIP.
There was an interview on NewMusicBox with him just last year:
https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/george-walker-concise-and-precise/