Monday Open Thread- Black Composers
This week’s open threads will focus on black composers. Michael Abels (born October 8, 1962) is an American composer. Abels was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and studied at the University of Southern...
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This week’s open thread’s will highlight the works of various black composers. Margaret Allison Bonds (March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972) was an American composer and pianist. One of the first black...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Black Composers
Continuing with this week’s open thread topic… today I will highlight David Baker. David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (born December 21, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American symphonic jazz composer...
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Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. Threadgill came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles with unusual...
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Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. Among the array...
View ArticleSaturday Open Thread- Black Composers
This week’s open thread theme centered around the accomplishments of black composers. Today I am going to highlight Deidre Murray. Diedre Murray (born November 28, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: Black Classical Music Composers
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! This week we’ll take a look at Black composers of classical music. IGNATIUS SANCHO Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729 – 14 December 1780) was a composer, actor, and writer. He is the first...
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