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Black Creole violinist, conductor and composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (often referred to as "The Black Mozart") was a prolific French composer of the classical era. Born on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and was sent to…

Black Creole violinist, conductor and composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges composed the "Adagio in F Minor" for solo piano. The work was published in 1977.

Black composer, jazz pianist, arranger and conductor Billy Childs comosed "Four Portraits for Violin" on commission from Rachel Barton Pine. The premiere took place in 2017 by Rachel Barton Pine at the University of Kentucky. The work contains four…

For intermediate flutists, Legends is a colorful and light piece in four movements:

Lin-Fa – The Lotus Lily
Dagda’s Harp
Gaia
El Encierro

Perfect for student recitals and family concerts.

Pontchartrain for flute choir (optional drums and any bass instrument in C) is a narrative that depicts the rebuilding of New Orleans. This melodic work begins with a slow section describing the devastation of hurricane Katrina, followed by a…

Black composer Valerie Coleman's "Danza de la Mariposa" "is a rhythmic, melodic tone poem, giving the listener a tour of South America. Inspired by the various species of butterflies inhabiting the continent, this work is full of rich color, with…

Valerie Coleman’s Danza de la Mariposa is a rhythmic, melodic tone poem, giving the listener a tour of South America. Inspired by the various species of butterflies inhabiting the continent, this work is full of rich color, with butterflies dancing…

Amazonia is a dedication to what is considered to be the “lungs of the earth”,
and is a poem that describes its natural beauty that progressively becomes destroyed,
as the dark aspects of human nature intrude upon its vitality. The work begins at…

The title Fanmi Imèn is Haitian Creole for Maya Angelou’s famous work, Human Family. Both the musical and literary poems acknowledge differences within mankind, either due to ethnicity, background, or geography, but Angelou’s refrain: “we are more…

A musical description of fire and its hunger. It begins as embers of coal and wood glowing with radiant danger-a soft sustained and ominous sound. Slowly, fuel is added to the potential of flame and slowly catches fire, one flicker at a time until it…