"Back to School" edition
Curated by our Director of Education Taylor Lena McTootle, COOS teamed up with young viola students from Project STEP, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra (BCWO), and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' Intensive Community Program (ICP), challenging them to learn and perform one of our 30-second minis from our #BCMC vol. 1 Anthology!
Black Poet Miniature Challenge
Curated by Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul, our Shirley Graham du Bois Creative in Residence, this Black poet miniature challenge encouraged poets of all ages to write 15-syllable haikus and 31-syllable tanka poems. Check out the 43 featured poets below:
Black composer miniature challenge 2.0
Curated by Associate Artistic Director & Composer Anthony R. Green, this #BCMC 2.0 challenged African diasporic composers to write 30 second miniatures for flute and harp! Watch all 19 world premieres below featuring flutist Orlando Cela and harpist Charles Overton!
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Charles Lumar II
Deeann Matthews
Kevin Scott
Ahmed Al Abaca
Autumn Maria Reed
Rodrigo G. Sousa
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Bonita Oliver
George Brandon
Brittney Benton
Gary Powell Nash
Raphael Wolde-Selassie
David Bertrand
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Alessandro Oreoluwa Buono
Danae Venson
Malcolm Jackson
Adero J. Knott
Eddy Conrad
Bernard Short
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