Repertoire Selections by Composers from Underrepresented Communities
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Grade .5
Skyward March - Heather Hoefle
Desert Visions - Hailey Woodrow
Donut Factory - Heather Hoefle
Supervillains! - Lachlan Pierce
Grade 1
Night Fury- Carol Brittin Chambers
Cook Strait Crossing - Laura Fleet Estes
Son of a Gun - Jennifer Jolley
Zeros and Ones - Darryl Johnson (preview video)- purchase through the composers website
Grade 1.5
A Rocket to the Sun - Heather Hoefle
Champions Rising - Adrian B. Sims
Lost Woods Fantasy - JaRod Hall
Skeleton Scherzo - Jennifer Rose
Softly Speaks the Night - Carol Brittin Chambers
Into the Blue - Cait Nishimura
Chorale Elega’nt - Elena Rosseau Lucas
Grade 2
All Will Be Well - Heather Hoefle
Byzantine Dances - Carol Brittin Chambers
Ancient Flower- Yukiko Nishimura
Wanderlust - Erin Keeton Howard
All the Pretty Little Horses - Anne McGinty
The Blue Orchid (A Tango for Band) - William Owens
Grade 2.5
Down on the Delta - Carol Brittin Chambers
The Escape - Marcus Rorie, Jr.
Grade 3+
Three Songs of Bengal - Aakash Mattal (Grade 3)
Chasing Sunlight - Cait Nishimura (Grade 3)
Shenandoah - Omar Thomas (Grade 3)
Kalos Eidos - Carol Brittin Chambers (Grade 3)
Zoom! - Ayatey Shabazz (Grade 3)
Alegre - Tania Leon (Grade 3)
Flying Away - Yukiko Nishimura (Grade 3)
Halcyon Hearts - Katahj Copley (Grade 3+)
Salt March - Aakash Mittal (Grade 3.5)
Bitscapes - Jennifer Rose (Grade 4+)
Recommended websites for finding more diverse repertoire:
Institute for Composer Diversity - Band, Orchestra, and Choir lists!
Female Band Composers — Jodie Blackshaw
Jazz Publishing by Female Composers
Many underrepresented composers are self published, so check their websites such as:
Acoustic Compositions — Marie A. Douglas
Further Research
NFHS State List Reports — Institute for Composer Diversity
Recommended Reading