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Best Of: ‘Bach to Black’ — Making classical music appreciation more inclusive

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Rochelle Sennet, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of piano, paired suites by J.S. Bach with those by several Black composers for her “Bach to Black” project.

Rochelle Sennet, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of piano, paired suites by J.S. Bach with those by several Black composers for her “Bach to Black” project. Darrell Hoemann

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Editor's Note: This segment originally aired November 2021. 

Bach to Black is a new project from a University of Illinois professor and pianist that pairs Johann Sebastian Bach's music with works written by Black composers, designed to bridge divides in the music community and increase diversity and inclusion in classical music. We spoke to the professor about her work on the project. 

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Rochelle Sennet 

Pianist | Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Fine and Applied Arts; Associate Professor of Piano, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | International Yamaha Artist | Recording project: Bach to Black.

 

 

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