[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] To be black means to be closer to death,” says composer Andre Myers. “There’s not been a day in the last 15 years when I’ve not said or thought I’m not dead.” In the midst of an American society…
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WHY IS AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC SO WHITE? Tom Huizenga Antonin Dvorak predicted that American classical music would draw from African American traditions. A new article wonders why American classical music has remained so white. When the first enslaved Africans landed…
COMPOSER DISCUSSIONS Black Artistic Invisibility: A Black Composer Talking ‘Bout Taking Care of The Souls of Black Folks While Losing Much Ground Fast (Delivered at Bowling Green University February 19, 2004) Bill Banfield
