Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s “Harmony in Black” celebrates living composers of color


Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s “Harmony in Black” celebrates living composers of color


The first album in the orchestra’s five-year-long Musical Landscapes in Color project released March 14.

What will orchestras be playing 10, 50 or 100 years from now? It’s a question the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra hopes to answer through a new album, “Harmony in Black”, released today, which celebrates the lives of storied Black figures through the work of living Black composers.

The album is the first of five the orchestra plans to release over the next five years as part of the Musical Landscapes in Color project. The project was fueled by a three-year grant from the League of American Orchestras — which the WCO received in 2022 — that tasked the orchestra with improving diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives throughout the organization...


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