Posts tagged Curtis Stewart
The Grammys and The Challenge of Equitable Diversity 
The Grammys and The Challenge of Equitable Diversity 

Chart-topping artists like Lil Nas X walked away empty handed, but people like Jazmine Sullivan and Doja Cat reaffirmed their footing with fans, and the Recording Academy, by taking home the highly coveted trophy in their respective categories. Even the biggest award, the Grammy for “Album of the Year”, went to Jon Batiste, who himself seemed to be surprised when his name was called, making him the 11th Black artist to win this award in Grammy history.

With these, and several other Black artists taking home awards, it would seem that the Recording Academy is paying close attention to the continued push for more Black representation in the way these awards are distributed, but a closer look shows there is still a high level of marginalization toward Black artists that many people ignore in light of the success of a select few.

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awards, chamber music, competitions, composers, music, music history, music schools, musicology, orchestras, strings, support for BBIPOC musicGarrett McQueenThe Grammys, Grammys, Recording Academy, The Recording Academy, Lil Nas X, Jazmine Sullivan, Doja Cat, Jon Batiste, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Florence B. Prie, Florence B. Price, Black composers, Black musicians, Black classical music, Black hip hop musicians, Black pop musicians, Indigeneous musicians, Indigenous music, Curtis Stewart, Jennifer Koh, The Juilliard School, Caroline Shaw, Tyler the Creator, Soja, Virgil Abloh
Composition for Abolition: How Sound Off is Changing the Nation One Note at a Time
Composition for Abolition: How Sound Off is Changing the Nation One Note at a Time

Saturday, February 27 at 7 p.m. EST, Sound Off: Music for Bail will present a live-streamed concert featuring string quartets by Florence Price, Yaz Lancaster, and George Walker with the support of the Groupmuse Foundation’s Planetary Music Movement (PMM).

The abolitionist musical collective Sound Off: Music for Bail celebrates Black composers and raises money for national bail funds in a live-streamed concert on Groupmuse, an online concert platform.

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artist feature, chamber music, commissions, composers, justice reform, music, new release, premieres, social justice, strings, video, virtual concertsChristine EscobarNjioma Grevious, Curtis Stewart, Kayla Williams, Thapelo Masita, Tatiana Hill, Sound Off, Black composers, Yaz Lancaster, De’Siree Reeves, Dara Hankins, Groupmuse Foundation’s Planetary Music Movement