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 Tyson Gholston Davis wrote "Tableau No. V" as part of a series of solo pieces. Each work, as the composer reflected, is for a different solo instrument and explores the expressive possibilities. Some composers of the latter half of the…
Black Canadian-American composer, organist, pianist, choral director, and music professor Robert Nathaniel Dett's "In the Bottoms", is subtitled "Suite caractéristique". The suite for piano has five movements: 1. Prelude (Night) 2. His Song 3. Honey…
A Sunrise Elsewhere is an attempt to characterize the sky’s continuous transformation during dawn and dusk. The title references the fact that each sunset is simultaneously a sunrise in another location – accordingly, the piece is a palindrome with…
African American bassist and composer Nick Dunston has been named in the New York Times as an "indispensable player of th eNew York avant-garde." His composition, "Mulch Awareness Month" was composed for contrabass. The piece, as Dunston explains at…
Mexican composer José L Elizondo composed "Excursión a la Montaña" in dedication to flutist Kim Sopata. As described on the composer's website: "Excursión a la Montaña tells the story of the first excursion of a child to the top of a little mountain.…
