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TLI Presents: "Decolonizing Classical Music in Eight Difficult Steps" with George Lewis

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TLI Presents: "Decolonizing Classical Music in Eight Difficult Steps" with George Lewis
George Lewis, Composer

In this lively and engaging talk, Columbia University composer and musicologist George Lewis proposes an alternative to the standard discourse of diversity, offering a “new complexity” of engagement with new histories and identities in classical music. Professor Lewis presents a set of practical steps for encouraging music curators, ensembles, institutions, and audiences to discover what decolonization sounds like, and how we can reaffirm our common humanity in the pursuit of new musical experiences.

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