Black Classical Music

Musician Profile / Interview: Composer Carlos Simon at a Career Turning Point

May 19, 2025
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Getting to know the Composer Chair of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the first composer of color to have a comprehensive long-term relationship with the BSO.

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Book Review: #ClassicalMusicSoWhite? — How It Got That Way and What to Do About It

January 3, 2022
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Joseph Horowitz’s short, punchy, well-sourced, and compulsively readable book argues for bringing back the forgotten works of important Black composers.

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