The first African American to head a major music society: The Society for American Music (formerly the Sonneck Society, elected Jan 21, 1998), Dr. Rae Linda Brown has been recognized and lauded as a scholar, educator, and administrator. 

 

Her pioneering research on Florence Price culminated in the posthumous publication of her book The Heart of a Woman (2020), and was received as an important contribution to the dialogue on American music.

 

"Groundbreaking; A fascinating glimpse of African American cultural life in the early twentieth century; Painstaking research; Astute assessments of Price’s musicology; Profound insights on the intersection of race, gender, class; A monumental text about the life of one of America’s greatest Black composers."

 

Below are some of the acknowledgments and awards Brown has received for her work.