Black Composers in Classical Music

Black performers and composers of vocal music

The first publicly funded institution to preserve the heritage of African Americans

From Brown University

Formerly African Musica Arts, concert and educational outreach program highlighting contemporary works by lesser-known composers

Black composers, conductors, and performers of classical music. See also companion site http://africlassical.blogspot.com/

Extensive site of African American performers and composers

Music, art, and history from Cuba's African heritage

College, university, and community centers of Black culture

Black classical musicians in Europe

Based in Philadelphia, "champions ethnic diversity in classical music"

At Temple University, a leading center for study of the history and culture of people of African descent

For black classical musicians

At Columbia College in Chicago, promotes the history and scholarship of black music and its significance worldwide

Physical and virtual repository of audio, video, recordings, photos, news clips, essays and more, sponsored by the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies

Links to virtual exhibit at University of Pennsylvania

The Marian Anderson archives at the University of Pennsylvania

"Founded in 1919, dedicated to the preservation, encouragement, and advocacy of all genres of the music if African Americans"

From the New York Public Library

Cultural diversity in classical music

"Committed to educational and collaborative projects on the repertoire of African American, women, and under-represented composers"