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Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. "Yuhwa (Goddess of the Willow Tree)" was composed for Hyorim Kim. As written about "Yuhwa (Goddess of…

American Indian citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Brent Michael Davids' "Wood That Sings" was composed for solo violin. As written on the composer's website, "Wood That Sings is composed for solo viiolin with scordatura…

Janapese composer Joji Yuasa composed "Viola Locus" for viola in 1995. The work received its world premiere on 25 November 1995.

Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "Ut" for solo viola.

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 Margaret Bonds composed "Troubled Water" for piano. As Joel Fan describes in the comments on recorded performance on YouTube, "The poet Maya Angelou described "Troubled Water" as one of Margaret Bonds masterpieces. Based on the…

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.…

Chinese American composer Zhou Long composed "Tipsy Howl" for horn solo in 2016. The work was commissioned by Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD in September 2016.

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "Three Short Duos for Violin and Harp" was commissioned by a consortium consisting of Pamela Johnson, Philip Berlin, Otho Eskin. Eve Sandberg and Mika Hornyak. It was premiered by violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins and…

Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote her "Three Pieces for Horn and Piano" between 1973 and 1983.According to the composer's biographer Dr. Jeannie Gayle Pool: "It seems that Zenobia Perry wrote these pieces for performance by Central State…