Music Resources for Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism

Join Dalanie and Katie as they talk all things classical music and being black in the profession.

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Wesley Morris talk about the birth of American Music. This is part of the "1619" New York Times Magazine audio series observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery (September 6, 2019).

In this Trilloquy Podcast episode, Garrett McQueen, Scott Blankenship, and guest co-host, Vanessa Rose (American Composers Forum President & CEO) explore "classical" music's role in the fight against police brutality, anti-racism, and more.

Conversations that center the experiences and perspectives of Black, Brown, and Indigenous musicians. Decolonizing the Music Room aims "to disrupt the minimization and erasure of non-dominant cultures and identities in the field of music education to build a more equitable future through our work."

This Noise Pop Podcast episode highlights "some of the powerful music that has been released or revived as a direct response to ongoing systemic racism against Black people and the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and too many others at the hands of police. Diversity is at the core of the music that we share and cover on the Noise Pop Podcast and on this episode, we’re using this platform to focus on and continue to amplify black voices and art during this crucial time. No justice, no peace. BLACK LIVES MATTER."

In The Score podcast episode, Eric Jimenez and Justin McLean discuss the current status of the culture and how the racial lines play a major role in the lives of us as people and educators.

Broadcasting recordings that are currently underrepresented on mainstream classical radio stations.

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988.

Videos of performances featuring works by Black composers and performers programmed and recorded by Castle of Our Skins.

World premiere of Nkeiru Okoye's full opera. Presented by American Opera Projects, in association with the Irondale Ensemble Projects.

Performed by the Antigone in Ferguson Choir, directed by composer Phil Woodmore, and led by De-Rance Blaylock, graduate of Normandy High School and teacher of Michael Brown. Produced by the Theater of War Productions.

Festival playlists of online Indigenous content (either available for Free or a fee) that have been presented at imagineNATIVE. This includes dramas to documentaries, feature length to short format, podcasts to audio works, and VR to interactive games created by Indigenous artists from around the world spanning our past 21 years.

This composition was written by Joel Thompson and premiered in 2015. The work contains seven movements representing the last words from seven lost lives: Kenneth Chamberlain, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, John Crawford, and Eric Garner.

Playlist of music by Black composers curated by D-Composed a Chicago-based chamber music experience that honors Black creativity and culture through the music of Black composers.