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Keyboard Instrument Handy Guide: DEI Resources

Your quick guide to piano and organ music resources

Keyboard DEI Resources

Web Resources

This is a non-exhaustive list of open-access web resources for cello music. 

To find more general music DEI resources, visit our Music Diversity Guide

  • American Composers Alliance
    American Composers Alliance, established in the 1930s, is a non-profit publisher of American concert music, past and present. With a curated catalog of over 14,000 works from a diverse group of more than 300 American composers of the 20th/21st centuries, ACA preserves historical works, introduces new works, and develops innovative ways to increase awareness, performance opportunities and public engagement with its unique catalog, which is available worldwide in print and other formats.

  • ...And We Were Here Project
    ...And We Were Here Project gives underrepresented composers a platform to have their music heard by pairing them with top-tier ensembles and promote collaborative recording sessions.

  • Boulanger Initiative Database
    Designed for everyone – musicians, performers, conductors, students, researchers, educators, artistic administrators, and anyone with a curious mind – this database provides access to thousands of works by women and gender-marginalized composers. By sharing knowledge and resources, the Boulanger Initiative Database (BID) increases access to works by underrepresented composers, empowering all who wish to diversify classical music programming

  • Corelia Project
    The Corelia Project focuses on bringing the compositions of women to the forefront of the classical music world. This database allows you to discover the music of various women my listening to freely available recordings and links to public domain scores or ways to purchase the work. If you find a work you would like to preform please let a Music Librarian know.

  • A Seat at the Piano
    A Seat at the Piano promotes and advocates for the inclusion, study, and performance of a more equitably representative body of piano works. By creating a resource for musicians, pedagogues, and curious music appreciators, ASAP aims to broaden their knowledge of composers and their works.

  • Repertoire for Solo Piano
    Music by Black Composers - directory of works for solo piano

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