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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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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.

Haitian American guitarist and composer Frantz Casséus wrote the "Haitian Suite" for guitar. As described on the Schott website:"Frantz Casséus (1915 - 1993) pioneered the introduction of the classical guitar in Haiti and is the acknowledged father…

Black composer Ulysses Kay wrote "Guitarra" for guitar in 1973, revised in 1985. The work was commissioned by (and dedicated to) Wilbur P. Cotton.

Black composer H. Leslie Adams' "Grand March for Trumpet and Piano" received its world premiere on September 26, 2021 at the Rocky River United Metodist Chuch in Rocky River, Ohio by Etienne Massicotte (Trumpet) and Nicole DiPaolo (piano).

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