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A chamber work for alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, and cello, inspired by Cornelia Parker's art installation Anti-Mass. Premiered by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.

Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote on "Homage" for piano in 1990. As described in a short article by Elizabeth Smith on Homage:"Homage is a movement in the set Piano Potpourri. Composed in 1990, it employs a wide variety of different textures…

Black composer Allison Loggins-Hull composed "Homeland" for solo flute. Program notes on flutronix.com state: "'Homeland' (2018) was written shortly after Hurricane Maria stormed through Puerto Rico in 2017. Maria represented the increasing strength…

Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "ignis fatuus" for solo violin. The work was premiered in June 2008 and was a semifinalist at the International Violin Competition, DePaul Concert Hall in Chicago, IL. Program notes, as included on the…

The manuscript of the Impromptu in A minor, Romance de pan, first performed in 1922, was rediscovered in the Royal College of Music Library collection and performed in Brighton in 2018. Sussex Landscape was played in 2019 by the Chineke!

Black composer Joy Guidry composed "In My Bed" for solo bass on commission by Bass Players for Black Composers. As written on the composer's website, the work is in "three parts setting in, clenching, falling in. This piece represents the…

Black Canadian-American composer, organist, pianist, choral director, and music professor Robert Nathaniel Dett's "In the Bottoms", is subtitled "Suite caractéristique". The suite for piano has five movements: 1. Prelude (Night) 2. His Song 3. Honey…

Black composer William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") wrote the "Incantation and Dance" for oboe and piano.

Composed by Kenneth Amis. Music of Black Composers and Artists. Charming flute and tuba duet in 8 short movements. Score and Parts. 21 pages. Duration 9 minutes, 30 seconds. Amis Musical Circle - Digital #AMC-ME-013. Published by Amis Musical Circle…

David Baker is best know for his jazz music but this engaging piece is rooted in the more classical flute style. The music is unmistakeably American and both the fast and contrasting slow melodies are wide and expansive. There are plenty of notes to…