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Resources

Interested in learning more about the music of Black composers
from across the African diaspora and organizations ​that promote their work?

Check out some of our favorite resources below.

Organizations

Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
Caribbean Culture Center African Diaspora Institute
Center for Black Music Research
​Gateways Festival
​Museum of African American History
National Association of Negro Musicians
National Museum of African American History
National Museum of African American Music
​Rachel Barton Pine Foundation
​Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture

Ensembles

African American Composer Initiative
Chineke! Foundation
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The Dream Unfinished
​Flutronix
​Harlem Quartet
​Imani Winds
​Trilogy Opera Company
Cuarteto Latinoamericano - Virtual String Quartet Library

other

Classical Music in Color Podcast
Institute for Composer Diversity

composers

African American Composers: New Voices, New Music
AfriClassical.com & ​AfriClassical Blog
10 Black Women Composers to Discover
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Chevalier de. Saint Georges
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List of Composers of African Descent
Music By Black Composers
​Jamaican Composers

Sheet Music

African Music Publishers
Ataria Editions - Chevalier de Saint-Georges
​Black Composers Scores
​Fountayne Editions - Chevalier de Saint-Georges
International Opus

References

Aaron Horne's String, Woodwind, Keyboard and Brass Music of Black Composers series
Archives of African American Music and Culture
​Bill Banfield's Musical Landscapes in Color
​Classical Music Recordings of Black Composers
International Dictionary of Black Composers
History of Black Classical Musicians
Special thanks to the following organizations for supporting Castle of our Skins over the years:
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