Today we do our part to honor and celebrate the amazing talents of these black composers on this, the first day of Black History Month. Below is a small, but ever-growing list of composers that I have written about in the last year paired with one or more of their most popular works. For additional information and resources, please check out on Anna’s Database: http://www.annaedwardsconductor.com/annas-composer-database
Eleanor Alberga
William Dawson
Hanna Benn
Margaret Bonds
Valerie Coleman
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Adolphus Hailstork
Jonathan Bailey Holland
Ulysses Kay
Hannah Kendell
Quinn Mason
Jessie Montgomery
Undine Smith Moore
Nkeiru Okoye
Julia Perry
Florence Price
Joseph Bologne de St Georges
William Grant Still
Mother and Child
Joel Thompson
George Walker
Errollyn Wallen
Mary Watkins