Poetry: The Composer’s Muse Words by Okara Imani The first utterance of this art song just barely makes the statement “He had a dream…” before reaching, clamoring in upward intervals and sudden crestfallen descents unraveling into the statement’s con …
Burleigh the Builder Words by Okara Imani Erecting pillars, paving the way, laying the foundation: all acts of a builder, concepts mastered by an architect. Cultivating cultural crossover that broadens the span of a creative realm; not only for the cul …
Castle of Our Skins Words by Okara Imani The ancestors poured much strength into Ashleigh Gordon’s lineage: disciplined music heritage of lessons and mastery of craft, Jamaican blood upbringing that prides itself in hard, skilled work, and wise intenti …
Moses Hogan: A Bridge That Can Never Be Built Again Words by Okara Imani Just as Moses parted the Red Sea and ushered his people across treacherous terrain, so too did Moses Hogan usher into the unforgiving world of classical music, a Blackness so auth …
Margaret Bonds – Mastering The Movement Words by Okara Imani The concept of arts activism can be a bit ambiguous and vast. Being the child of a talented teaching artist and a contemporary of the Harlem Renaissance, Margaret Bonds took a more anthropolo …
#BlackGirlMusic Words by Okara Imani Just five minutes on Reverend Dr. Alisha L. Jones’ website and suddenly I’m in an assembly hall, the rich air wafting the warm, effervescent cocoa butter and essential oils through a room of creators and makers, eye …
CMI City Sounds: Jared Thompson and Eliza Brown Words by Elizabeth Frickey Music and sound can be a crucial part of experiencing space. Music not only shapes our experience of new places but our experience of very familiar locations. The CMI City Sou …
Clarinet Bridge Key Issues Words by Shawn Royer What are Bridge Keys? Bridge keys are the connector-keys that connect one joint of an instrument to another. These specific keys can be found on clarinets, oboes, and bass clarinets. The bridge key mecha …
CMI City Sounds: Frank Felice & Eric Salazar Words by Elizabeth Frickey For many people, the idea of “classical music” conjures up certain images: concert halls, buttoned-up performers, reading the names of composers long past in printed program bo …
My Music. My Story. Lindy Howard. Words by Alexa Dickerhoof “You don’t look like a theatre kid or that you’re involved in music.” This is a quote Lindy Howard has been hearing for most of her life. Classical Music Indy sat down with Lindy to talk about …
Marian Anderson: Validating Her Existence Words by Okara Imani Joshua and Angela’s discussion of Marian Anderson’s career, in Melanated Moments in Classical Music podcast’s Season Two, Episode 5 “Accidental Activist” primes your mind’s canvas for this …
My Music. My Story. Alexa Knoderer. Words by Meredith Resener Alexa Knoderer is a recent Butler grad and a first-year teacher. She talks about the importance that music has played in her and her family’s lives, as well as in her classroom. Tell us abo …
Ric’key Pageot: Inspiring a Moment to Learn, Acknowledge, and Respect Words by Okara Imani How about that five hundred dollar word, eh? Diaspora. Oxford Language generally defines it as “ The dispersion of any people from their original homeland, but s …
What is Ecomusicology? Words by Elizabeth Frickey The word “ecomusicology” seems relatively straightforward. Just break it down and ecocriticism plus music equals ecomusicology, right? However, there are entire worlds contained within the fields of eco …
Women’s Trauma and Opera Words by Kate Hamori Content Warning: This article contains material relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, death, misogyny, and mental illness. For many years, trauma was defined as “an event that is outside the range …
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