DEI Talks: An Interview with the Black Leaders in Art Collective

As a graduate-student-led journal at the University of Michigan, the editors of Music & Politics in the Moment are particularly eager to learn more about efforts to make our own university community a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable place for all. We were thrilled when we learned that a group of University of Michigan students…

DEI Talks: An Interview with the Music by Black Composers Project

When I was a young, aspiring musician, I played violin in a well-renowned youth orchestra in Milwaukee, WI. Participation in this organization afforded me many valuable opportunities: I was able to learn about the power of art music and what it meant to be a responsible member of an orchestra playing relatively difficult works, to…