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Why don’t we hear more music by women? The Imani Winds quintet is trying to change that.

Uncategorized Posted: October 1, 2019 7:53 pm

“For more than two decades, Imani Winds, founded by the composer and flutist Valerie Coleman, has been unfolding different perspectives in its concerts, juxtaposing Bach with John Coltrane, playing Stravinsky and Jason Moran, riding a lonely path as one of the few ensembles made up of musicians of color in a very white field. But in the classical music world, being a woman is even harder than being black — so, at least, thought Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, two major 20th-century composers who happened to be both.” – The Washington Post

Uncategorized Published: 10.02.19, sjm

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