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Artist Statement
Since the spring semester of my sophomore year of college, I have planned to program my Junior Composition Recital to showcase the works of African American female composers who came before me. Because I, too, am a composer and musician of African American descent, I felt compelled and somewhat obligated to search for piano pieces that best represented these talented 20th-century American Composers to make an informative and eye-opening half-hour recital. That showcases works that were lost in time due to racial and gender-related oppression and discrimination within the world of classical music...

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