This week Dalanie and Katie talk about this clip from Topicals founder Olamide Olowe: https://www.tiktok.com/@gracebeverley/video/7558155728763112726?_r=1&_t=ZT-91UNpjl7LMt

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https://theviolinchannel.com/protest-occurs-during-israel-philharmonic-orchestras-concert-in-paris/

https://theviolinchannel.com/grammy-awards-announce-2026-classical-music-nominees/

Black Excellence: Darian Donovan Thomas

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Piece of the Week: Elegy, Op. 44 - Aleksandr Glazunov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecc00sFv0w

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about Joseph Wilson, a composer who is incarcerated.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/18/opera-prison-musicambia-carnegie-hall

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https://theviolinchannel.com/musicians-petition-governments-to-oppose-brazils-proposed-ban-on-pernambuco-wood-and-trade/

https://theviolinchannel.com/historians-discover-some-of-the-earliest-notation-hidden-in-plain-sight/

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/18/opera-prison-musicambia-carnegie-hall

Black Excellence: Malia Pinkard

Piece of the Week: Symphony No. 2 - Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_ixBQNKN8

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about the fall season.

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https://theviolinchannel.com/broadway-musicians-announce-tentative-agreement-with-broadway-league/

https://theviolinchannel.com/the-kennedy-center-will-require-the-national-symphony-orchestra-to-open-concerts-with-the-national-anthem/

Black Excellence: Wesley Sumpter

https://www.wesblakemusic.com/bio

Piece of the Week: Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula - James Lee III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aviowrMO_6s

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about the film “Murder in G Major”

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https://theviolinchannel.com/uscs-thornton-school-of-music-appoints-first-scholar-in-residence-solange-knowles/

https://theviolinchannel.com/apple-music-classical-announces-partnership-with-genshin-impact/

Black Excellence: Victor Ekpo

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Piece of the Week: African Suite, Op. 35 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlJZgUMQFU

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about cringe culture.

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https://theviolinchannel.com/ice-drops-deportation-case-against-utah-violinist-john-shin/

https://theviolinchannel.com/eastern-music-festival-board-of-directors-votes-to-dissolve-the-organization/

Black Excellence: Judith Insell

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Piece of the Week: Romanze, Op. 85 - Max Bruch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKuRGahYd4g

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about colonization in American classical music.

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Black Excellence: Leyla McCalla

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Piece of the Week: Café Music - Paul Schoenfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJFxyNSHb_M

The Four Treasons | Episode 340 by Classically Black Podcast

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about the ethics of pursuing classical music in a world on fire.

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Albert Einstein's Violin Goes on Sale for £300,000

https://theviolinchannel.com/albert-einsteins-violin-goes-on-sale-for-300000/

San Fran Symphony Reaches Tentative Agreement with the AFM Local 6

https://theviolinchannel.com/san-francisco-symphony-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-members-of-the-afm-local-6/

Teatro alla Flopera post

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Black Excellence: Ms. Hayward

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Piece of the Week: Symphonic Dances - Sergei Rachmaninoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJmf3pyb1E

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss game changers on their respective instruments.

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Classical California Announces Layoffs after Corporation for Public Broadcasting Loses Federal Funding

https://theviolinchannel.com/classical-california-announces-layoffs-after-the-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-loses-federal-funding/

Black Excellence: Marlon Daniel

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Piece of the Week: Pan con Timba - Aldo Lopez-Gavilan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdiGXL9FeFk&pp=ygUUaGFybGVtIHF1YXJ0ZXQgdGltYmE%3D

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about scenes in TV/Film with great music.