BTAR Anita Reflects on Her Performance in PYC’s “CROSSINGS”

UniSound’s Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Anita Levels reflects on her performance as the featured soloist for Pittsburgh Youth Chorus’ spring concert,

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Sweetwater Center for the Arts Announces Partnership with UniSound’s Black Teaching Artist in Residence Program (BTAR) to Relaunch Music Program

Sewickley, Pennsylvania, May 20—During the month of June, Sweetwater Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that we will

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Five Organizations Working Towards Equity in Classical Music

In the last couple of years, there has been a call in the classical arts space for equitable practices for

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Learn About the Black American Music Timeline By Anita Levels

Let me introduce you to the great Ethnomusicologist, Dr. Portia Maultsby.  She and a team of scholars worked with Carnegie

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BTAR Anita Levels Talks About Her Trip To New Orleans

As we wrap up Women’s History Month, I thought it would be great to share about my trip home to

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7 Women Composers of Color You Should Add To Your Repertoire By BTAR Zuly Inirio

1. Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981) Jessie Montgomery is a violinist, composer, and music educator from New York City.  She performs

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BTAR Zuly Inirio Highlights Afro-Latinx Poetry for Black History Month

Happy Black History Month! To commemorate Afro-Latinx folks as part of the African Diaspora, I am sharing Xavier Montsalvatge’s Cinco

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BTAR Anita Levels Releases Her First Podcast

It has been a busy month for our Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Anita Levels. She started out the month of February

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Learn About the BTAR School Workshops Being Offered This Spring!

Over the past couple of months, our Black Teaching Artists-in-Residence have put together a variety of music-related workshops they will

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BTAR Zuly Inirio Shares Five BIPOC Led Classical Music Podcasts to Listen to in 2022

If you’re looking for a new podcast about classical music from a different lens, check out these podcasts that are

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