Diversifying Your Music Repertoire
Institute for Composer Diversity
- Composer Diversity Database (ICD)Search by composer attribute or by instrumentation: Art Song, Choral, Orchestra, Wind Band
From site: "A resource for the musical community through which composers from underrepresented groups can be discovered." Created by the Institute for Composer Diversity (ICD)
Composer's Equity Project (Chamber Music America)
- Composers Equity Project: ALAANA,* Women, and Gender Non-Conforming ComposersA directory of composers that links to websites. * Chamber Music America uses the acronym ALAANA to indicate composers who identify as
African/Black, Latinx, Asian/South Asian, Arab/Middle Eastern, and Native American
Music Theory Examples by Women
- Music Theory Examples by WomenSearchable by composer, musical element, or time period. Includes links to YouTube audio examples.
Music by Black Composers
- African Diaspora Music ProjectCompilation of original works by composers in the African Diaspora. Search by composer or repertoire. Presented by Dr. Louise Toppin and Videmus.
- Composers of Color Resource ProjectIncludes scores, lesson materials and score annotations, music theory examples, and more,
- Historic Composers Directory (Music by Black Composers)from site: "A directory of all [past] historic Black composers currently known by MBC"
- Living Composers Directory (Music by Black Composers)from site: " MBC’s Living Composers Directory is designed for those seeking to commission; for performers, conductors, and concert programmers seeking existing music; and for other researchers and scholars of contemporary classical music." Email and websites provided when available.
