Chelsea Randall, founder of the American Mavericks Project (AMP) dedicated to piano music by Black American composers, presents a guest lecture-recital for Newark School of the Arts featuring piano works by some of today’s most exciting contemporary Black composers including Nkeiru Okoye, Krystal Folkestad, Joyce Solomon Moorman, AMP’s 2024 Call for Scores winners Lawren Brianna Ware and Jeremiah Evans, Wildflower Composers alums Mena Williams and Chloe Clarke Smith and others.

The Opening Event of the seventh annual Composers Now Festival featured a vibrant program of music by living composers hosted by Composers Now founder and artistic director, Tania León.