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A Classical Music Festival With All Black Musicians — And Why It’s Necessary

MUSIC Posted: June 25, 2020 7:04 am

Lee Pringle, founder of the Colour of Music Festival in Charleston: “The average white orchestra fears that Colour of Music will shine a huge light on the fact that while you can’t put black musicians onstage, this guy in Charleston goes out and finds 89 who are willing to play and have master’s degrees from the same institutions as the white kids. … With 2,000 orchestras, less than 2 percent of the members on those stages are of African ancestry. It is truly the last water fountain for black people to drink from.” – Charleston City Paper

MUSIC Published: 06.24.20

Read the story in Charleston City Paper Published: 06.24.20

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