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Books

Resources
 

General

 

League of American Orchestras "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resource Center"

 

League of American Orchestras, “Racial/Ethnic and Gender Diversity in the Orchestra Field in 2023”

UK Music "Diversity Report 2022"

SPHINX "National Alliance for Audition Support"

SPHINX "Fellowship Programs"

National Association for Music Education "Resource Center" McGill Library "Musical traditions, compositions, and scholarship of Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) individuals"

National Alliance for Audition Support, “NAAS Recommended Audition and Tenure Guidelines"

League of American Orchestras, “Making the Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Orchestras: A Guide from the League of American Orchestras"

Repertoire

 

PAS Diversity Alliance Composer Meta-Database

William Newton Percussion Repertoire by Asian Composers Database

 

Lucy Tarantino BreakPoint Database for unaccompanied percussion solos by female composers

Juilliard Resources for Repertoire: Composer Diversity

Yale Library: Music Resources on Diversity and Underrepresentation: Repertoire

Claire Edwards Female Works List

Music by Black Composers (for string players)

Last Row Music: Brass Music by Balck Composers and Artists

 

Diversify the Stand: Programming Resources

Theodore Front Musical Literature: Music by Black Composers

 

Woodwind Works by Underrepresented Composers

String and Chamber Repertoire by BIPOC Composers

The Edwin A . Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music: Works by Composers of African Descent

Articles

 

Dallas Morning News "U.S. orchestras are still mostly white. Here's how to change that"

The Violin Channel "Report Shows Performances of Music by Female and BIPOC Composers Increased"

I Care If You Listen "Across Conservatories and Orchestras, Percussion Sections Look the Same: How Can We Diversify?"

The New York Times "U.S. Orchestras Gradually Diversify but Are Slow to Hire Black Musicians"

The New York Times "For These Classical Musicians, It's Always Been About Racial Equity"

New York Times “To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions"

Organizations 

 

SPHINX Organization

Black Orchestral Network

Women in Jazz Organization

Percussive Arts Society Diversity Alliance

DONNE, Women in Music

Institute for Composer Diversity

Boulanger Initiative

Black Opera Research Network

Lift Music Fund

Chromatic Brass Collective

Castle of Our Skins

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