A group of Black classically trained musicians called D-Composed have made it their mission to celebrate the work of Black composers from the past, present and future. "The mission of D-composed is to ...

Composer, singer and classical radio presenter Ayanna Witter-Johnson’s closing performance at Classically Black, the UK’s first Black classical music festival, will be broadcast in full on BBC Radio 3 ...

Every seat in the Missouri History Museum’s Lee Auditorium was filled Friday night for a gathering that honored the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by celebrating Blackness through the lens ...

Black musicians faced discrimination and segregation while touring, even as late as the 1950s and 1960s. Despite progress, Black artists still face challenges including subtle forms of racism.

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs. A 1934 portrait of Nora Holt by Carl Van ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dr. Samantha Ege, a researcher, musicologist ...

During a special Women’s History Month edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D brought together three powerful voices in music and education: Dr Anne Lundy, Dr Jacqueline Pickett, and Bay Area ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Gateways Music Fall Festival continues in Rochester. It showcases the depth and history of Black classical artistry, with a number of performances in collaboration with the ...

Will Liverman is a young baritone and a new, exciting voice in the opera world. He is also on something of a mission. In school, the artist was rarely introduced to Black composers. It was a ...

It's Black Music month! This week, Host Brittany Luse invites Howard University professor and trombonist Myles Blakemore to talk about how classical music influenced some of our favorite musicians.