Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Educational Concert Series Watch Party - Women Composers: Justice in Music @detroitsymphony | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
As schools across Michigan and the United States closed due to the pandemic, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra curated virtual Educational Concerts to support teachers and students navigating remote music education.

The concert hall has historically featured too few women composers, but now, a growing number of women are leading the development of orchestral music! "Women Composers: Justice in Music” features two DSO-commissioned works that emphasize important historical and present-day struggles for equality. Check out our Student Mini-Guide for the performance, with accompanying lessons and activities, here: bit.ly/3jrk2BD

Music:

Juliet Palmer Oil & Water (excerpt)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Originally performed June 9, 2019 (world premiere)
Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as a component of the Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers

Nkeiru Okoye Black Bottom
Tribute 1: Shout
Two Shops on Hastings
Tribute 2: Moan
5461 Brush Street
Tribute 4: Dance
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Sumayya Ali, soprano
Charlotte Small-Chestnut, mezzo-soprano
Vincent Davis, tenor
Markel Reed, baritone
Originally performed March 7, 2020 (world premiere)
Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a grant from The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation