A drummer, a DJ-producer and an orchestra director discuss the challenges for Black artists, how things are changing and increasing access to the arts ...

Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, celebrates the transformative power of Black classical artistry with its Spring Festival 2025 in ...

available on BBC Sounds – we explore the profound contribution black composers are making to classical music ‘Growing up I thought of a composer as a dead, white male – and just accepted ...

From songbook to performers, the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization — via its touring ensemble Sphinx Virtuosi — is reimagining classical music. The Black and Latino 18-piece, self-conducted chamber ...

Nina Simone produced a vital force in music, spanning genres and eras always to reflect the times. But why did she define her sound as "Black classical music"?

Award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis tells Katty Kay how growing up surrounded by music shaped his own journey with jazz.

The Harlem-based company, founded in 1921 by music publisher Harry Pace, recorded Black classical musicians and sold popular music to Black audiences in the 1920s when Black classical singers ...

Montclair State University has appointed Shea Scruggs as the new director of the John J. Cali School of Music, effective July ...

Inspired by the African Grove Theatre, this special unveils the truth behind Shakespeare and Black Theatre creatives. Riveting discussions with award-winning directors, actors and playwrights and ...

Broadcasters Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have been forgotten in a 90minute special Movie Review ...