Sometimes all it takes to change lives is a simple question. One day at her piano lesson, LaDoris Cordell asked her teacher, Jodi Gandolfi, if there were any Black composers of concert music. Concert music is a more inclusive term for what many people know as “classical” music: art songs, symphonies, opera, chamber music. […]

Not Forgotten Anymore: The African American Composer Initiative

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THIS RSS FEED SERVES RADIO-READY VERSIONS OF THE BABBLERY RADIO SHOW FROM 1/2026 ONWARDS. FOR THE PODCAST, VISIT https://babblery.com/feed/podcast/the-babblery/ The Babblery features conversations about who we are and how we got this way. Modern humans can seem like the ancients building the Biblical Tower of Babel, cursed by God/nature never to understand each other. As Visiting Translators at the Tower of Babble, our guests delve into their work, their research, and their own experiences to try to explain the bits they've learned about Earth's most perplexing species. Though we all speak different languages, here at The Babblery we aim to promote understanding, one conversation at a time.

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