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
Looking like a mad scientist showing out!
#BlackComposers #BlackPianist #BlackMusicSky #BlackSkyMusic
#BlackComposers #BlackPianist #BlackMusicSky #BlackSkyMusic
February 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Looking like a mad scientist showing out!
#BlackComposers #BlackPianist #BlackMusicSky #BlackSkyMusic
#BlackComposers #BlackPianist #BlackMusicSky #BlackSkyMusic
New Orleans-based Opera Créole and Opera Lafayette's joint poduction of Edmond Dédé’s (1827-1901) opera "Morgiane" is magnificent!
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New Orleans-based Opera Créole and Opera Lafayette's joint poduction of Edmond Dédé’s (1827-1901) opera "Morgiane" is magnificent!
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female
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January 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female
#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackmusic #blackmusicians #blackarrangers #blackcomposers #blacksky #addtoblacksky
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"Lusitano was an African-Portuguese composer and music theorist who was most likely born between 1520 and 1522, and who died sometime after 1562. Probably the child of an enslaved African woman and a Portuguese noble.."
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link archive.ph/2023.01.06-0...
#Classical
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link archive.ph/2023.01.06-0...
#Classical
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I want to add composer Edmond Dédé from New Orleans.
His opera Morgiana was thrilling.
#BlackComposers
His opera Morgiana was thrilling.
#BlackComposers
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I want to add composer Edmond Dédé from New Orleans.
His opera Morgiana was thrilling.
#BlackComposers
His opera Morgiana was thrilling.
#BlackComposers
"Treemonisha" by Scott Joplin's (1868–1917) is set in 1884 and follows an educated freedwoman on a former plantation as she navigates post-Reconstruction and affirms value of education. #BlackComposers 🎼
Director Denyce Graves
Composer Damien Sneed
Washington National Opera, D.C.
March 7, 8, 15
Director Denyce Graves
Composer Damien Sneed
Washington National Opera, D.C.
March 7, 8, 15
Washington National Opera Brings Treemonisha Center Stage
Discover the reimagined adaptation of Scott Joplin's 'Treemonisha' by Washington National Opera, showcasing academic freedom and the value of education.
www.washingtoninformer.com
February 24, 2026 at 12:30 AM
"Treemonisha" by Scott Joplin's (1868–1917) is set in 1884 and follows an educated freedwoman on a former plantation as she navigates post-Reconstruction and affirms value of education. #BlackComposers 🎼
Director Denyce Graves
Composer Damien Sneed
Washington National Opera, D.C.
March 7, 8, 15
Director Denyce Graves
Composer Damien Sneed
Washington National Opera, D.C.
March 7, 8, 15
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):
www.youtube.com/live/ZWJPdO-...
www.youtube.com/live/ZWJPdO-...
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
"Lusitano was an African-Portuguese composer and music theorist who was most likely born between 1520 and 1522, and who died sometime after 1562. Probably the child of an enslaved African woman and a Portuguese noble.."
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link
#BlackComposers #Classical #BlackSky
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link
#BlackComposers #Classical #BlackSky
A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth (Published 2023)
The reputation of Vicente Lusitano, one of the earliest known composers of African descent active in Europe, was thwarted for centuries.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2024 at 12:11 AM
"Lusitano was an African-Portuguese composer and music theorist who was most likely born between 1520 and 1522, and who died sometime after 1562. Probably the child of an enslaved African woman and a Portuguese noble.."
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link
#BlackComposers #Classical #BlackSky
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link
#BlackComposers #Classical #BlackSky
The 3rd solo album of French and Haitian classical pianist Célimène Daudet,
"Haïti mon amour",
is a love letter to her Caribbean origins via Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie, Edmond Saintonge et Ludovic Lamothe.
Album, booklet
www.nomadmusic.fr/en/album/hai...
#Haïti #BlackComposers #Classical
"Haïti mon amour",
is a love letter to her Caribbean origins via Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie, Edmond Saintonge et Ludovic Lamothe.
Album, booklet
www.nomadmusic.fr/en/album/hai...
#Haïti #BlackComposers #Classical
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The 3rd solo album of French and Haitian classical pianist Célimène Daudet,
"Haïti mon amour",
is a love letter to her Caribbean origins via Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie, Edmond Saintonge et Ludovic Lamothe.
Album, booklet
www.nomadmusic.fr/en/album/hai...
#Haïti #BlackComposers #Classical
"Haïti mon amour",
is a love letter to her Caribbean origins via Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie, Edmond Saintonge et Ludovic Lamothe.
Album, booklet
www.nomadmusic.fr/en/album/hai...
#Haïti #BlackComposers #Classical
Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator. He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York,
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April 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator. He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York,
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Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018)
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September 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018)
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A good day to listen to classical music. 🫶🏾🎼🎶
African American composer and conductor
🎼Harry Lawrence Freeman
Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie
🎼 Edmond Saintonge
🎼 Ludovic Lamothe
Ludovic Lomothe played by French-Haitian pianist Célimène Daudet
#BlackComposers #Classical #ClassicalMusic 🎶
African American composer and conductor
🎼Harry Lawrence Freeman
Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie
🎼 Edmond Saintonge
🎼 Ludovic Lamothe
Ludovic Lomothe played by French-Haitian pianist Célimène Daudet
#BlackComposers #Classical #ClassicalMusic 🎶
September 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A good day to listen to classical music. 🫶🏾🎼🎶
African American composer and conductor
🎼Harry Lawrence Freeman
Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie
🎼 Edmond Saintonge
🎼 Ludovic Lamothe
Ludovic Lomothe played by French-Haitian pianist Célimène Daudet
#BlackComposers #Classical #ClassicalMusic 🎶
African American composer and conductor
🎼Harry Lawrence Freeman
Haitian composers
🎼 Justin Elie
🎼 Edmond Saintonge
🎼 Ludovic Lamothe
Ludovic Lomothe played by French-Haitian pianist Célimène Daudet
#BlackComposers #Classical #ClassicalMusic 🎶
Sometimes I think about Miles Davis and how he used to go into sessions with an idea how he wanted everyone to play. Obviously there was a lot of room for improvisation too.
Phenomenal :)
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Phenomenal :)
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June 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sometimes I think about Miles Davis and how he used to go into sessions with an idea how he wanted everyone to play. Obviously there was a lot of room for improvisation too.
Phenomenal :)
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#blackmen #blackmusic #blackcomposers #blackbandleaders #blackjazztrumpeters #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Phenomenal :)
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#blackmen #blackmusic #blackcomposers #blackbandleaders #blackjazztrumpeters #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Edward W. Hardy (born January 12, 1992) is an American composer, music director, violinist and violist. He is known as the composer, co-conceiver, music director, and violinist of the
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January 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Edward W. Hardy (born January 12, 1992) is an American composer, music director, violinist and violist. He is known as the composer, co-conceiver, music director, and violinist of the
#blackmen #blacpeople #blackamerican #blackcomposers #blackmusic #blacksky #addtoblacksky
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🎧 Composed in 1956, this three-movement chamber work is William Grant Still's picturesque reflection of an African harp-like instrument called ennanga. #BlackComposers #ClassicalSky #BlackSky
William Grant Still (Ennanga)
YouTube video by Mosaic Classics
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:31 PM
🎧 Composed in 1956, this three-movement chamber work is William Grant Still's picturesque reflection of an African harp-like instrument called ennanga. #BlackComposers #ClassicalSky #BlackSky
🎼 Black composers scoring in secret, ignored by the industry? We honor your brilliance. #BlackComposers #AdoptABlackArtist 🎶👇 Nominate now.
April 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🎼 Black composers scoring in secret, ignored by the industry? We honor your brilliance. #BlackComposers #AdoptABlackArtist 🎶👇 Nominate now.
King of Cool released in 2021
Dean Martin was not the King of Cool
That is Miles Davis
#film #blackmusicians #blackmen #blackamerican #blackjazztrumpeters #blackbandleaders #blackcomposers #blacksky
Dean Martin was not the King of Cool
That is Miles Davis
#film #blackmusicians #blackmen #blackamerican #blackjazztrumpeters #blackbandleaders #blackcomposers #blacksky
May 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
King of Cool released in 2021
Dean Martin was not the King of Cool
That is Miles Davis
#film #blackmusicians #blackmen #blackamerican #blackjazztrumpeters #blackbandleaders #blackcomposers #blacksky
Dean Martin was not the King of Cool
That is Miles Davis
#film #blackmusicians #blackmen #blackamerican #blackjazztrumpeters #blackbandleaders #blackcomposers #blacksky
Quite the inventory of techniques in this score for “String Music” (1960) by Benjamin Patterson. Subsequent pages are worth a look—wd love to hear a performance of this!
#scoresproject #musicology #blackcomposers #fluxus #academicsky #booksky #arthistory #doublebass
www.getty.edu/publications...
#scoresproject #musicology #blackcomposers #fluxus #academicsky #booksky #arthistory #doublebass
www.getty.edu/publications...
The Scores Project: String Music (1960)
This score for a solo string instrument doubles as a work of visual art. Its imaginative and inventive four pages propose a novel symbolic system of musical notation. Each circle is a sound event: a l...
www.getty.edu
August 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Quite the inventory of techniques in this score for “String Music” (1960) by Benjamin Patterson. Subsequent pages are worth a look—wd love to hear a performance of this!
#scoresproject #musicology #blackcomposers #fluxus #academicsky #booksky #arthistory #doublebass
www.getty.edu/publications...
#scoresproject #musicology #blackcomposers #fluxus #academicsky #booksky #arthistory #doublebass
www.getty.edu/publications...
'William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and
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May 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
'William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and
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John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist,
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March 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist,
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"Had the book not been done, I’m sure I would still be in the same place I was before the book was created, before the book was presented in that very space."—Hannibal Lokumbe https://buff.ly/3EwO1Xw #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BHM2025 #HannibalLokumbe #SpiritualJazz #BlackComposers
Lauren Coyle Rosen and Hannibal Lokumbe on Music, Life, and Liberation - Columbia University Press Blog
For Hannibal Lokumbe, music is a profound source of spiritual liberation. A pathbreaking orchestral composer and visionary jazz musician, Lokumbe composes resonant works that give voice to the…
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February 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Had the book not been done, I’m sure I would still be in the same place I was before the book was created, before the book was presented in that very space."—Hannibal Lokumbe https://buff.ly/3EwO1Xw #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BHM2025 #HannibalLokumbe #SpiritualJazz #BlackComposers
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a [british] composer and conductor. He was particularly known for his three cantatas on the epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by
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#blackhistory #blackbritish #blackconductors #blackcomposers #bracial #blacksky #addtoblacksky
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August 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a [british] composer and conductor. He was particularly known for his three cantatas on the epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by
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#blackhistory #blackbritish #blackconductors #blackcomposers #bracial #blacksky #addtoblacksky
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#blackhistory #blackbritish #blackconductors #blackcomposers #bracial #blacksky #addtoblacksky