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This week Dalanie and Katie discuss “This American Life”’s interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones and her daughter Najya. Listen here: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/898/an-argument IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack News: https://theviolinchannel.com/celebrated-music-critic-mark-swed-retires/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/30/nashville-symphony-ceo-resigns-after-suspending-season-amid-financial-emergency/ Black Excellence: Kevin Mauldin https://hotmusicfestival.com/team/kevin-mauldin-bass/ Piece of the Week: Carmen Fantasy - Frank Proto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO7t3IjPt8U

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss Nikole Hannah-Jones’ recent article about school segregation. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack News: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-launches--opera-for-all---bringing-70-000-free-met https://theviolinchannel.com/chineke-orchestras-artistic-director-to-step-down/ Nikole Hannah-Jones article gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElE.Mp44.7G4HrX8fKK_j&smid=url-share Black Excellence: Sophia Jean https://www.jaxsymphony.org/musicians/sophia-jean/ Piece of the Week: Simple Symphony - Benjamin Britten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSvSOWbNNMI

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about birds in classical music. Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss the resurgence of analog media. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack News: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc4nQlMDYJW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHjHWcRFrW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Black Excellence: Preston Hargrove https://www.instagram.com/mrmusicmajor/ https://www.instagram.com/mrmusicmajor_onkeys/ Piece of the Week: String Octet, Op. 7 - George Enescu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxC0j9mbwQ

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss Daejon Love. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/pianist-yuja-wang-to-star-in-new-documentary-yuja/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://theviolinchannel.com/trump-considers-demolishing-kennedy-center-if-courts-block-renovation-plans/ Black Excellence: Brittany Renee https://www.brittanyreneesoprano.com/ Piece of the Week: Out of the Silence - William Grant Still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzTWi2ULUE

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss chapter 45 through the end of Score by Kennedy Ryan. Wanna read along? View the reading schedule here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqYJovCT63/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/boston-symphony-orchestra-musicians-agree-to-contract-extension/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://theviolinchannel.com/chicago-sinfonietta-and-chicago-federation-of-musicians-agree-on-new-one-year-contract/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email Black Excellence: Alvin McCall https://slso.org/person/alvin-mccall/ Piece of the Week: Sonata for Violin and Piano - William Grant Still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzraRg0ZKcU

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss chapters 32 through chapter 45 of Score by Kennedy Ryan. Wanna read along? View the reading schedule here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqYJovCT63/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/washingtons-national-symphony-orchestra-faces-financial-crisis/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://theviolinchannel.com/210-miniature-statues-of-mozart-stolen-from-public-art-installation-in-salzburg/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email Black Excellence: https://www.nicholasfelder.com/about Piece of the Week: Symphony No. 2 - Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vORyEuHt-ZA

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss chapters 22 through chapter 31 of Score by Kennedy Ryan. Wanna read along? View the reading schedule here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqYJovCT63/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://nafme.org/blog/proposed-tariff-on-brass-wind-instruments/ https://theviolinchannel.com/john-malkovich-to-portray-conductor-sergiu-celibidache-in-new-biopic/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://theviolinchannel.com/actor-pedro-pascal-to-play-a-classically-trained-cellist-in-new-film/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email Black Excellence: Bakhari Nokuri https://nokurimusic.com/about Piece of the Week: Russian Easter Overture - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4e8CvxV4Ho

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss chapter 10through chapter 21 of Score by Kennedy Ryan. Wanna read along? View to reading schedule here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqYJovCT63/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/applications-open-to-2027-paul-daisy-soros-fellowships-for-new-americans/ https://theviolinchannel.com/music-critic-alex-ross-announces-retirement/ Black Excellence: Booker Rowe Afrospire - Bakhari Nokuri

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss the prologue through chapter 9 of Score by Kennedy Ryan. Wanna read along? View to reading schedule here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqYJovCT63/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/applications-open-to-2027-paul-daisy-soros-fellowships-for-new-americans/ https://theviolinchannel.com/music-critic-alex-ross-announces-retirement/ Black Excellence: Christopher Thompson https://theviolinchannel.com/christopher-thompson-wins-san-francisco-symphony-emerging-black-composers-project/

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss episode 5 of the Amadeus series on STARZ. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss episode 4 of the Amadeus series on STARZ. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/los-angeles-philharmonic-appoints-new-concertmaster/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://theviolinchannel.com/washington-national-opera-sues-the-kennedy-center-for-17-million/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email Black Excellence: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee https://theviolinchannel.com/soprano-measha-brueggergosman-lee-awarded-molson-prize/ Piece of the week: Die Zauberflöte Overture - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKE7yrm0EP4

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss episode 3 of the Amadeus series on STARZ. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack

This week Dalanie and Katie discuss episode 2 of the Amadeus series on STARZ. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack https://theviolinchannel.com/german-musicologist-unearths-four-volumes-of-unknown-works-by-antonio-salieri/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email https://theviolinchannel.com/federal-judge-orders-trumps-name-be-removed-from-kennedy-center/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email Black Excellence: Guillermo Wright https://www.instagram.com/guillermoamw/ Piece of the week: 3 Rhythmic Spirituals - William Grant Still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FfQ4PWML4

This week Dalanie and Katie talk about the first episode of the "Amadeus" series. IN THIS EPISODE: Video episodes are now available on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@classicallyblackpodcast WE HAVE MERCH!: https://www.classicallyblackpodcast.com/store JOIN US ON PATREON!: https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack