Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Guitar Community Presentation Resource Companion
Created By: Ciyadh Wells
How to Use this Guide: This guide was complied as a resources to help you learn about the rich history and diversity that exists within Classical music. This is not a complete list, but rather a starting place to begin learning more. Please contact me at ciyadhwells@gmail.com with further questions.
Ciyadh’s Organization & Contact Information
Website: Ciyadh Wells | Guitarist - http://www.ciyadhwells.com/latest/
Email Address: Ciyadhwells@gmail.com
Margins Guitar Collective: Margins Guitar Collective - https://marginsguitarcollective.com/home
Guitar Specific Resources
Guitar Music by Black Composers - https://guitarmusicbyblackcomposers.com Guitar Music by Black Composers is a resource website and database that features works for guitar written by Black composers.
Women of the classical guitar - https://womenoftheclassicalguitar.wordpress.com - Women of the Classical Guitar is a resource, created by Heike Matthiesen, that shares information about women composers, luthiers, and performers.
Classical Guitar Composers List - By Nationality - http://www.musicated.com/CGCL/music/CGCL_nation.html - The CGCL is a list of composers who have composed at least one published original score for, or being transcribed for, solo classical guitar. The chronological CGCL is organized by nationality.
Sheer Pluck - Database of Contemporary Guitar Music - https://www.sheerpluck.de - This database of contemporary guitar music is designed to provide a resource not only to “pluckers”, but potentially to journalists and scholars who are interested in the development of contemporary music in the 20th and 21st century.
http://danquinnguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/danquinn_dissertation.pdf - Link to dissertation completed by Daniel Quinn on works for guitar by Japanese composers.
Mujer y guitarra española - https://mujeryguitarra.wordpress.com - This blog is a space dedicated to Spanish female guitarists and their work. The information presented focuses attention on all those Spanish composers - guitarists or not - who have written at least one work.
Free Guitar Scores Online - Guitar Foundation of America - https://www.guitarfoundation.org/page/ScoresOnline
Companion Playlists for Listening
Women classical guitar composers on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5WqnQoCzFMkoaMAYVre01Y?si=BquJlsg7S3itFawP8EHshA - Companion playlist for the Women of the Classical Guitar website.
Music for Guitar by Black Composers on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CUR6hLOqbHKOQJx5jiSk3?si=uxiPF4UbRGWJk-EPjaNbQQ - Companion playlist for to the Guitar Music by Black Composers website
Music for Guitar by Black Composers - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdRI592ug_8ngNwrgu73b3nJFE6qY2qOH Companion playlist for to the Guitar Music by Black Composers website
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Studies
Diversity Studies - League of American Orchestras - https://americanorchestras.org/knowledge-research-innovation/diversity-studies.html Link to two studies supported by the League of American Orchestras - reports build on the League’s ongoing commitment to provide leadership and resources in support of orchestras’ efforts to better reflect the communities they serve.
General Music Related Resources
Center for Black Music Research - http://cbmr-webapps.colum.edu/archon/ - The CBMR’s Library and Archives offers a comprehensive research collection of books, periodicals, sound recordings, printed music and scores, photographs, video, manuscripts, archival materials, and a wide selection of theses and dissertations on black music.
AfriClassical - African Heritage in Classical Music - http://www.africlassical.com - The Web site was launched in 2000 and is a nonprofit educational venture promoting awareness of African Heritage in Classical Music.
Music by Black Composers - http://www.musicbyblackcomposers.org/ - Music by Black Composers develops educational and informational resources for students, performers, and members of the broader community.
The Institute for Composer Diversity - http://www.composerdiversity.com/ - The Institute for Composer Diversity is dedicated to the celebration, education, and advocacy of music created by composers from historically underrepresented groups through online tools, research-based resources, and sponsored initiatives.
African Diaspora Music project.org - http://www.africandiasporamusicproject.org/ - To create a repository for the concert works (those intended for the concert stage; aka classical works) of composers of the African Diaspora
Anti-Racism Resources
She Shreds Media Compilation of Anti-Racism Resources - https://sheshreds.com/a-compilation-of-anti-racism-resources/ A Compilation of Anti-Racism Resources For White & Non Black Musicians Featuring podcasts, books, and action items collected from organizations, and individuals.
Anti-racism resources curated by LeanIn.Org - https://leanin.org/article/anti-racism-resources#books-to-read - Leanin.Org has compiled a list of articles and books to help those interested take action against anti-racism.
What is “Racism”? - Written by Rebecca Barrett-Fox - https://anygoodthing.com/2020/06/14/what-is-racism/
Thought-provoking Articles
The real reasons classical music is inaccessible and 10 easy ways to solve them immediately – The Daffodil Perspective - https://thedaffodilperspective.com/2020/01/16/the-real-reasons-classical-music-is-inaccessible-and-10-easy-ways-to-solve-them-immediately/
Turning Up the Volume: Ciyadh Wells (guitarist, activist) - https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2020/04/turning-up-the-volume-ciyadh-wells-guitarist-activist/
Organizations
Sphinx Organization - http://www.sphinxmusic.org