From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I just learned the New School is hosting a livestream of today's Julia Perry lectures! All of the talks are by spectacular people, mine is at 3:30p (eastern):
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Julia Perry Festival: A Day of Discovery and Discussion
In Partnership with the Mannes School of Music at The New School College of Performing ArtsJoin us for a day of Discovery and Discussion as part of the Julia...
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March 14, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Castle of Our Skins, who take their name from a poem by Nikki Giovanni called "poem for nina", focuses on work by Black composers from all over the diaspora.
"Safika: Portrait Concert of Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen"
"Safika: Portrait Concert of Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen"
Safika: Portrait Concert of Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Presented live on Friday, December 3, 2021 at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, MA.Castle of our Skins, an ensemble in residence at the Longy School...
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July 5, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Three last-minute #BandcampFriday pickups, since my list felt like it was lacking……something.
🇬🇧 Jawnino - 40
🎹 Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
🎤 José James -1978
Wifey is LOVING this Jawnino, which couldn’t delight me more, cuz it FUCKS 🖤🥵🥵🥵🎀
#grime #UKRap #dnb #BlackClassical #JazzSky
🇬🇧 Jawnino - 40
🎹 Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
🎤 José James -1978
Wifey is LOVING this Jawnino, which couldn’t delight me more, cuz it FUCKS 🖤🥵🥵🥵🎀
#grime #UKRap #dnb #BlackClassical #JazzSky
December 7, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Three last-minute #BandcampFriday pickups, since my list felt like it was lacking……something.
🇬🇧 Jawnino - 40
🎹 Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
🎤 José James -1978
Wifey is LOVING this Jawnino, which couldn’t delight me more, cuz it FUCKS 🖤🥵🥵🥵🎀
#grime #UKRap #dnb #BlackClassical #JazzSky
🇬🇧 Jawnino - 40
🎹 Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
🎤 José James -1978
Wifey is LOVING this Jawnino, which couldn’t delight me more, cuz it FUCKS 🖤🥵🥵🥵🎀
#grime #UKRap #dnb #BlackClassical #JazzSky
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was called the “African Mahler,” but his genius stands on its own. His Hiawatha Suite moves through Black British classical tradition and Longfellow’s settler rendering of Indigenous story.
Boise Phil plays it clean. Listen for the layers.
#BlackClassical
Boise Phil plays it clean. Listen for the layers.
#BlackClassical
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June 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was called the “African Mahler,” but his genius stands on its own. His Hiawatha Suite moves through Black British classical tradition and Longfellow’s settler rendering of Indigenous story.
Boise Phil plays it clean. Listen for the layers.
#BlackClassical
Boise Phil plays it clean. Listen for the layers.
#BlackClassical
Margaret Bonds was a student of Florence Price in high school (!), and was inspired in college by of the poetry of Langston Hughes. #ClassicalMusic #BlackClassical podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Margaret Bonds and the words of Langston Hughes
Podcast Episode · Rhapsody in Black · 01/16/2025 · 5m
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January 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Margaret Bonds was a student of Florence Price in high school (!), and was inspired in college by of the poetry of Langston Hughes. #ClassicalMusic #BlackClassical podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...