“No one who heard the restrained rapture that Master Chorale soprano Zanaida Robles brought to ‘Wade in the Water’ will forget it.”
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
Videos
Zanaida introduces the world premiere performance of “Can You See”? for Tonality. Video released to Facebook Watch on 10/3/18
Articles & Interviews
“Play On, California!” — KUSC Blog, 8/8/22
“Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Celebration Features Sacred Choral Music and Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast” — South Pasadenan, 8/4/22
“Veni Sancte Spiritus – Zanaida Robles” — Choral Catalogue (podcast), 4/7/22
“Zanaida Robles” podcast interview — Moveable Do from ACDA, 11/2/21
“S3E07: Forging a Compositional Path: Dr. Zanaida Stewart Robles” — In Unison (podcast), 6/19/21
“Building the Beloved Community Roundtable // Alexander Lloyd Blake, Arreon Harley-Emerson, Alysia Lee, Zanaida Robles, & Tesfa Wondemagegnehu” — Gather from The Choral Commons (podcast), 3/31/21
“S2 E07: The Black Voices Matter Pledge” — In Unison (podcast), 3/27/21
“You Can’t Help but Be Changed: Notes from a Musical Activist” — KDFC blog, by Gail Eichenthal, 5/11/18 (Also posted to KUSC)
Meeting report from the Rotary Club of Monrovia (CA): “Distinguished Speaker: Zanaida Robles – SGV Choral Company“, posted 3/2/16
“John Malveaux: Maestro Zanaida Robles conducted Street Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Singers in Handel’s Messiah, Dec. 4, 2015 in Midnight Mission Gym, L. A. Skid Row” — AfriClassical, 12/7/15
“Zanaida Robles: Bringing Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s works to life” — Coloradoboulevard.net, 7/28/14
“Zanaida Robles Co-Hosts 50th Anniversary SYMPHONY of BROTHERHOOD Concert” — MusicUntold, 2013
Performances and Publication of Zanaida’s work
[This section is constantly under construction — please consider this a small selection. If you have a link to share, please let us know!]
“Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC Presents “The Circle Never Ends,” Music About Life, Love, Truth and the Restorative Power of Nature” — WebWire, 11/6/23
“Pasadena Chorale Presents One-Night-Only Concert With New Music by Dr. Zanaida Robles, Juhi Bansal, & Amy Gordon” — OperaWire, 4/14/23 (Press release also published by Broadway World)
“‘We Hold These Truths’: The Choir School of Delaware celebrates Black excellence” — The Review, 3/6/23
“Black composers showcased in new choral anthology” — Classical Music Magazine (BBC), 2/3/23
“KU School of Music’s Vespers, Jazz Vespers programs to return” — The Lawrence Times, 11/30/22
“ArtsWatch: New Leadership at Choral Arts Society and Congressional Chorus” — The Georgetowner, 10/6/22
With new leadership, DC’s Choral Arts Society is “strategically working in new global works by fresh, diverse composers like Zanaida Robles and Jorge Vidales.”
“An interdisciplinary premiere and much more as Elektra Women’s Choir announces 2022-23 program” — Stir (Vancouver), 8/15/22 …plus more in the Surrey-Now Leader
“Works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor & Zanaida Robles to be Featured in the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Celebration” — Opera Wire, 7/16/22
“‘April Horzions’ World Premiere performed by Southern Tier Singers’ Collective” — News interview, WBNG (Binghamton, NY), 4/22/22
Performances by Zanaida
“With world premiere of his thrilling 12th Symphony, Philip Glass continues to intrigue” — The Washington Post, 1/12/19
“Water a powerful metaphor for perseverance in L.A. choral concert” — People’s World, 5/4/17
“Review: ‘The Messiah’ from opposite ends of the economic spectrum” — Los Angeles Times, 12/11/16
“Review: West Coast premiere of ‘Anthracite Fields’ by L.A. Master Chorale mines the depths of American music” — Los Angeles Times, 3/8/16
“MLK concert to feature USC Thornton and Classical KUSC performers” — USC News, 7/17/13
“Zanaida Robles Co-hosts 50th Anniversary Symphony of Brotherhood Concert” — MusicUNTOLD, 3/31/13
