Christine Gangelhoff challenges the Euro-centric nature of "classical" music by promoting the work of not only Black composers, but Afro-Caribbean composers. She joins Garrett to talk about her experiences as a teacher and performer in the Bahamas, and the album, Tour de Force. Scott shares some of the contemporary classical music that he thinks can help deal with the day to day of 2020, and Garrett recounts one of his own experiences dealing with racism while teaching in the Bahamas.

This opus of TRILLOQUY is sponsored by The Lewis Prize for Music, announcing their 2nd annual Accelerator Awards. Applications are open until Friday, August 21st, with winning applicants receiving a multi-year prize of $500,000 beginning in January of 2021. For more information visit: thelewisprize.org.

Playlist:

RUN DMC - "It's Tricky"

Bobby Shmurda - "Hot N---a"

Bob Marley - "Jammin"

Heitor Villa Lobos - Guitar Concerto

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1

Sufjan Stevens - "Year of the Tiger"

Judd Greenstein - "Clearing, Dawn, Dance"

C Force - Tour de Force

More:

Bahamas Junkanoo Shakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tPMoZP-tY

Orchestra is Racist: https://www.instagram.com/orchestraisracist/

2 Men Charged In Long-Unsolved Killing Of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903335189/two-men-charged-in-cold-case-murder-of-jam-master-jay

Bobby Shmurda audition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHxaRM4BNwk

Julian Bream passes away: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/julian-bream-dead.html

Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of the Caribbean: ​https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tour-de-force-christine-gangelhoff/1136006862