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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.

Black composer Regina Harris Baiocchi composed "Miles Per Hour" for B-flat or C Trumpet. The composition was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featuring George Vosberg.

Black composer Ronald Roxbury completed "Two Songs of Walt Whitman" in the final weeks of his life. As included on Bridge Records' website: "“Goodbye My Fancy” is a lover’s farewell, and is set as a flowing barcarolle. “Here the Frailest Leaves”…

Black composer T.J. Anderson composed "Minstrel Man" for bass trombone and percussions (one player). Comissioned by (and Dedicated to) Thomas Everett, the work was premiered by the dedicatee in Providence, RI.

Black composer T.J. Anderson composed "Vocalise" for violin and harp. Commissioned for Richar dHunt for Jacques and Gail Israelivitch. The first performance took place at Webster College in St. Louis, MO on November 23, 1980 by Jacques Israelivitch…

Black composer Udine Eliza Anna Smith Moore (known as the "Dean of Black Women Composers") wrote "Introduction and Allegro" for clarinet and piano in 1958.

Black composer Ulysses Kay wrote "Tromba" for the trumpet in 1983. Described in program notes as "a free flowing piece sporting a stern Nocturne where the trumpet plays muted. Spirited vernacular sluices through the finale – perky, and decidedly fun.…

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 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…

Black composer William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") composed "Songs for Bassoon and Piano", which were arranged by Alexa Still. The work has three movements:I. Bayou HomeII. If You Should GoIII. Song for the Lonely