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The Chinese Zodiac Suite is the culmination of a three-year project to honor the partnership of Old Dominion University with Minzu University of Beijing, a cooperative effort to bridge the cultures of both sides. In his new composition, Hailstork…

Black composer Regina Harris Baiocchi composed "Chasé" for B flat clarinet and piano. The composition was premiered by Richard Nunley Jr. And Ester Hanviriyapunt in Chicago.

Persian composer Behzad Ranjbaran was born in Tehran, Iran. He studied at the Rehran Music Conservatory. He immigrated to the USA in 1974, studying at Indiana University and later The Juilliard School, where he earned a DMA in Composition. His music…

From the composer:

'While thinking about the commission from Richard Hunt to write a work for Flute and Double Bass, I happened to notice in my living room a model of Richard's sculpture titled Bridging and Branching. The work stimulated a process…

African-American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Blue/s Forms" for violin was composed in 1979.

Black composer George Theophilus Walker composed "Bleu" in 2011 for violin.

African-American composer, curator and activist Carlos Simon wrote "Between Worlds" for solo violin or cello or solo double bass. The text related to the project and its title are borrowed from and organized in relation to Leslie Umberger's…

for alto flute, Bb clarinet, cello, piano

Duration: 11 minutes

commissioned by Ensemble New Amsterdam

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. Hailstork's "Bassoon Set" was composed at the request of Geneva Southall for the students of the…

Black composer Clarence Cameron White wrote "Basque Folk Song" for clarinet and piano.