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Black composer Alvin Singleton composed "Argoru" for various solo instruments over a period of 34 years between 1968 and 2002. Details about each piece can be found on the composer's website. "Agoru V/a" was originally composed in 1984, revised in…

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…

Cuban composer, conductor, educator and advisor to arts organization Tania León composed "Bailarín" for guitar. The work was commissioned and premiered by David Starobin.

Black composer Margaret Bonds composed "The Ballad of the Brown King" in the early 1950s. A Cantata, it is one of her most frequently composed works. The Ballad was written in honor of the African king Balthazar, to text by Langston Hughes. It was…

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…

In the style of a spiritual, African-American composer Marvin V. Curtis’s piece is suitable for flutists of all levels of ability, and is suitable for churches of all denominations. The vocal part may be performed by soprano, alto or baritone.

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

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…

for alto flute, Bb clarinet, cello, piano

Duration: 11 minutes

commissioned by Ensemble New Amsterdam

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…