WATCH here today at 12 Noon! 🎶
MSM’s Damien Sneed and composer Carlos Simon discuss:
“Black Classical Music: A Future Free of Labels”

In this episode of The Hampsong Foundation “Song and Beyond” series, hosted by the Sphinx Organization in collaboration with Manhattan School of Music, Damien Sneed (composer, Sphinx Medal of Excellence 2014) and Carlos Simon (composer, Sphinx Medal of Excellence 2021) join Alexa Smith (Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice President for Special Initiatives, Manhattan School of Music, and SphinxLEADer) to discuss the current state of diversity in classical music and what a future holds, without erasing the past.