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Just to give an idea of how parochial Western music education ecosystems are, here's what a part of a bimusical education system looks like. Similar programs in dozens of non-Western

The National Orchestra of Folk Instruments of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Established in 2001.Национальный оркестр народных инструментов Республики Башкортостан (НОНИ РБ)

Working on a piece about Anti-Colonial Orchestras. We're so caught up in DEI initiatives as an appropriate corrective we fail to see how the subaltern have created their own responses.

When I read about Slave Orchestras I have that scene in "A Beautiful Mind" where Nash/Crowe, during his insight moment about Governing Dynamics, says to Hansen/Lucas "Incomplete. Incomplete."If we can't

Another chapter in the story of Slave Orchestras and Ensembles! I won’t be surprised if we eventually find enslaved people that actually composed for the groups!https://twitter.com/rism_music/status/1320761283646554112 And per my points

I know I’ve seen composers of color complain about being “typecast” in an “ethnic role” for commissions but what happens if we start addressing the elephant in the room the