Is Musical Diversity A Fad? Black Women Classical Guitarists and more on Classical Music In Color

20/10/2022 20 min
Is Musical Diversity A Fad?  Black Women Classical Guitarists and more on Classical Music In Color

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Episode Synopsis

There’s encouraging news from the Institute for Composer Diversity. An increasing number of orchestras and other classical groups are performing works by women and BIPOC composers. A new vocal competition has been created without all the rules that keep some people out. A classical guitarist wins the Sphinx Mpower Grant seeking to expose more Black women classical guitar composers. An African-American is the winner of the American Composers Orchestra’s EarShot Readings Commission with his composition Wraith Weight.