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    Honoring Black Music Part 3: Black Music Exploration Guide

    Curious about Black choral works? Explore the history and evolution of Black music with this guide to deepen your choir’s understanding and performance!
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    Angelica Rowell

    How to Honor Black Music Throughout the Year Part 2: Black Choral Literature

    Dreaming of a diverse repertoire? Explore the richness of Black choral literature and the composers behind it and enrich your choir's programs year-round.
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    Angelica Rowell

    How to Honor Black Music Throughout the Year Part 1: Spirituals

    Looking for ways to uplift Black music year-round? Unlock tips and resources to help you program Black composers and repertoire beyond Black History Month.
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    Angelica Rowell

    How to Assign Voice Sections to Your Transgender Choral Members

    Discover five compassionate approaches to placing your transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive choir members into voice sections.
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    Melanie Stapleton, M.M.Ed

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    Building and Sustaining Inclusive Choral Spaces

    Learn how to create and foster a community where all singers feel welcome and see themselves reflected and respected in their chorus participation.
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    Dr. Derrick Fox

    What Chorus Culture Cancels Out

    Learn about the cultural, racial, and other factors that create inclusion barriers for chorus singers and audience members.
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    Shana Oshiro

    Programming Progress: The Influence of Funding on Inclusion in the Arts

    When the works of brilliant musicians of color are so underrepresented, why are concert programs still dominated by the works of dead European composers? The answer usually has to do with risk and funding. Check out this blog to see how you can help support more diverse programming!
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    Shana Oshiro

    Restoring the National Negro Opera House in Honor of Mary Cardwell Dawson

    Learn about Madame Mary Cardwell Dawson and the first Black opera company in the U.S. Chip in to support the restoration of the National Negro Opera House!
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    Shana Oshiro

    Race on the Path to Choral Conducting: Bridges into Barbershop

    Jessie Caynon Oslan talks shop — barbershop, that is — about her experiences as a Black director and leader within the barbershop choral community.
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    Shana Oshiro

    Race on the Path to Choral Conducting: Systemic Oppression and Self-Individuation

    An interview with choral conductor, Julien Benichou, on how racism manifests in the context of America’s structures and how self-individuation plays in.
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    Shana Oshiro

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