Abril Garrido Chivato
Abril Garrido Chivato

Mar 5, 2021

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…the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio hosted a program celebrating the work of Black composers. The performance included work by William Grant Still; Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; and Jeffrey Mumford. Being a faculty recital, the music was performed exclusively by White musicians, which is admittedly a redundant statement. I could be making an Oberlin joke here, but really, the overwhelming Whiteness of classical musicians and instructors would be true almost anywhere in America. Conservatories aren’t exactly brimming with Black harpsichord players.

Black Exceptionalism Is Not Always Black Excellence
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Scott Woods

Brandon Keith Brown is a classical music conductor who writes about this fact wonderfully and critically.

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