available on BBC Sounds – we explore the profound contribution black composers are making to classical music ‘Growing up I thought of a composer as a dead, white male – and just accepted ...

A group of young musicians in New York City have gotten together to form the Riwaya Ensemble featuring classical music by ...

The orchestra focusses on performing music by Black, Asian and ethnically diverse composers – both past and present – alongside standard classical repertoire, and has appeared at the Royal Festival ...

In 1934, she became the first black musician ... of the most important musicians of pre-Revolutionary Paris, Saint-Georges is often described as the first classical composer of African ancestry.

But when he realized his new home lacked a classical composers’ organization, he spearheaded the creation of a new one. In the 15 years since then, Cascadia Composers has thrived, growing into one of ...

His instrumental music surges with Ivesian detail and color. His “Black ... the composer-in-residence of the Lexington Philharmonic, the same orchestra that first exposed him to classical ...

"Their work at American Composers Orchestra, Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, and Gateways Music ... and celebrates Black classical artistry by spotlighting recordings and recent ...

Students, faculty and staff are invited to get a free ticket for the performance at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 11. For a free ticket, show your Bronco Card at the Morrison Center Ticket Office, 10 a.m. to 3 ...