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 ...

An all-Black classical music festival is returning to Sacramento this month, building on a successful run of shows last year that drew packed audiences. “Sacramento is our second home as far as I’m ...

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Thirty years ago, Armenta (Adams) Hummings Dumisani had a dream: to increase Black visibility in classical music. So she created a three-day festival called “Gateways: Classical Music and the Black ...

The Colour of Music Festival, the six-day showcase of Black classical musicians, returns Monday to Sacramento. It’s the festival’s third residency in the capital city featuring performances and ...

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 ...

When you think of classical music, chances are you don’t often think of an underlying hip-hop beat. That's where two musicians, Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus come in. The pair has been blending hip-hop ...

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 ...

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 ...

Being a composer is a solitary gig, even in the best of times. And that feeling of isolation can be exacerbated for people of color working in classical music’s predominantly white spaces. But amid ...