In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of Croydon, England, to lay a plaque on his grave in anticipation of the first ...

Black History Month event: film screening followed by roundtable discussion This film explores the remarkable life, music and political involvement of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the classical composer, ...

There once was a tremendously popular piece of music about a Native American which was written by a composer of African descent whose forbearers had been slaves in the New World prior to the American ...

The current issue of BBC Music Magazine features an article about the wild success, between the World Wars, of an annual Royal Albert Hall production of three cantatas about the Ojibwe legend of ...

Margaret Batjer Leader + Concertmaster Anne-Marie McDermott Piano HOW HAS THE PAST SHAPED US? Anne-Marie McDermott and LACO musicians trace the familial and musical lineage of Afro-British composer ...

What more would British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor have written if he didn’t die from illness at age 37? He was mourned across the world then, and he’s celebrated this month, 150 years after his ...

English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor had both racial and musical stereotypes to deal with. He was of African descent, but he wrote classical western music in the early 20th century. Here's his ...

"I think one of the most unique burdens, but also privileges, was to be among the first to lay down what could be the foundation of tradition," violist Paul Laraia said about the Catalyst Quartet's ...

You could call the new album American Counterpoints another encouraging result of the push in recent years, especially after the start of the Black Lives Matter movement, to better represent and ...

The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even... In July 1913, friends of the African British ...

Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, circa 1905.Photo by UK National Archives - In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of ...