The sixth recipient of the Michael Morgan Prize, Thompson will receive a $15,000 commissioning fee, mentorship and resources ...

The Academy music branch made Oscar history yesterday by nominating two films with Black composers for best original score: “Soul” and “Da 5 Bloods.” Previously, only six films featuring Black ...

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For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history. They were ...

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Being a composer is a solitary gig, even in the best of times. And that feeling of isolation can be exacerbated for people of color working in classical music’s predominantly white spaces. But amid ...

Once banned from opera houses during the Jim Crow era, rarely-seen works by American composers of color are finally gracing U.S. stages, thanks to two New Orleans-based mezzo-sopranos. In ...

Classical Pianist and Music Sociologist Joshua Thompson speaks to members of the audience after he played during the "Black Keys: The Evolution of the Black Classical Arts" concert Wednesday, June 30, ...

The work of the Emerging Black Composers Project will continue, despite the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Conservatory of Music pausing the program in February. "I am thrilled that the ...

Composer, singer and classical radio presenter Ayanna Witter-Johnson's closing performance at Classically Black, the UK's first Black classical music festival, will be broadcast in full on BBC Radio 3 ...

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