Ghanaian composer Fred Onovwerosuoke's "Six Variations on a Pende Folk Tune" was written in the early twentieth-century for flute. The work "begins with a plaintive melody, but immediately graduate into a show piece of imageries, dances and intrigues…
Israeli composer Betty Olivero wrote "Per Viola" in 1993. As described in the notes on the composer's website: "In Per Viola, Betty Olivero experiments with the possible and individual expressions of the viola, concentrating on the character, timber…
Black composer Shawn Okpebholo composed "On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square" in 2013 for solo flute. As written on the composer's website: "This composition – inspired by Harvard Square, a poem by the Japanese poet, Miho Nonaka – is a work for…
Black composer Nailah Nombeko's "Pieces for Oboe and Piano" has been described as displaying "beautiful and invigorating-lyrical lines with staccato piano contrasting with legato oboe." See Nailah Nombeko's website.
American composer of Zimbabwean (Ndebele) and Japanese descent Nokuthula Ngwenyama composed "Sonoran Storm" for viola in 2016. As liner notes describe: "Humidity rises in the desert. That scorch blaster hitting teh face feels fuller and expectant…
Black composer Gary Nash composed "Deformation V" for bassoon and piano. As described on the composer's website: "Deformation V, a six minute, single movement composition for bassoon and piano, completed February 6, 1993 was composed for Barrick…
