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Percussion Handy Guide: DEI Resources

Your quick guide to percussion music resources.

Percussion 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

  • ...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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Female Composition List for Percussion
    Compiled by Claire Edwardes

  • Mexican Repertoire Initiative at Dartmouth
    An ongoing commitment to bringing Mexican repertoire to the international stage, providing opportunities for Mexican composers, and combating institutionalized racism in educational and professional performing ensembles.

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