Opus 174

This week Garrett and Scott highlight the power of inter-disciplinary blending and collaboration and the benefits therein with the help of an HBCU band inspired article by Katie Brown and a profile on cellist and "clown" Karen Hall. The guys highlight compositions by James Lee III, Shawn Okpebholo, Ludwig Göransson, and many others. Composer Elijah Daniel Smith returns to the third movement to talk more about life as an emerging composer, as well as the importance of respecting the diversity of Blackness and artistically being true to oneself. 

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Playlist:

Blood Orange - "Best To You"
perf. Human Jukebox - "Can You Stand the Rain" 
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1
James Lee III - "A Different Soldier's Tale" (Celebration of Broad Street)
Shawn Okpebholo - "Two Black Churches" (Ballad of Birmingham)
Elijah Daniel Smith - "Animus"
Elijah Daniel Smith - "Shifting Ground" 
Ludwig Göransson - "Sirens" ​

More:

Elijah Daniel Smith
What Classical Musicians Can Learn from HBCU Marching Bands
Reimagining Classical Music Through Clowning