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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…

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "wending" for solo viola was composed in 2001 and received its first performance by Wendy Richman on November 11, 2001.

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 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…

Japanese composer Ichiro Nodaira composer "Transformations III" on 5 Fragments of J.S. Bach for viola.

Colombian composer Alba Lucía Potes Cortés composed "Toques de Arrullos" (Touches) in 2001. The work was commissioned and premiered by Charles Forges at the Trinity Center for Urban Life in Philadelphia on 28 October 2001.

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 William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") wrote the "Three Visions" suite in 1935 for solo piano. As written in the Wikipedia article on this work, the composer's daughter Judith Anne Still indicated that…