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Black composer Frederick C. Tillis's "Spiritual Fantasy No. 4" for piano was composed in 1981 on commission from Vivian Taylor. Taylor premiered the work in Boston Massachusetts. The description for the work from the American Composers Alliance…

Black composer Frederick C. Tillis's "Spiritual Fantasy No. 5" for horn and piano was composed in 1982 and premiered by Laura Klock.

For piano, flute, and cello. Set of three playing scores.

Derek Douglas Carter (b.1994, he/him) is a composer, conductor, and artist currently residing in Kentucky. His music has been performed across the Midwest, New England, the South, as well as in Canada, Poland, and Spain. Carter has been a festival…

Chinese American composer Dorothy Chang (and professor of music at the University of British Columbia) composed "Streams for Viola" on commission by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Black composer Ulysses Kay's "Suite for Flute and Oboe" is a four movement work dedicated to flutist Martin Heylman and oboist Ernest Serpentini of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. According to comments included in a YouTube video of Megan Kyle and…

Chinese American composer Wayne Lu wrote "Suite For horn and organ" in 2011. The work has four movements: I. ExultII. IlluminateIII. PurifyIV. Rejoice. This work was composed to be performed with organist Tim Meier. The score is available for…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. The publisher's website shares the following program notes for the "Suite for Solo Violin": "Dedicated…

Black composer Billy Strayhorn composed "Suite for the Duo" in 1966. As described on a website dedicated to the composer's life and work, "Originally a distinctive representation of jazz with the French horn, piano and string bass, Billy Strayhorn…

Black composer Ulysses Kay "composed his 'Suite in B for Oboe and Piano' in 1943, finishing the piece at Quonset Point, Rhode Island in July. He withdrew the work, along with several other compositions, in the mid-1950s. The distinguished…