AACI Compositions Performed

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Des'ree & Ingram: You Gotta Be
Instrumentation:jazz ensemble
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-Mnf_DhAM
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
H. Leslie Adams: For You There Is No Song
Anthology:Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Edna St. Vincent Millay
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyCCy7Vhw60
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Azuretta
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2013
2019
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRjDKI9qj6c
Genre:piano solos
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Cain't See to Cain't See
Instrumentation:soprano, alto, tenor, piano
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/pO1-TXJ2vd4
Further information:from Congregational Mass
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Farafina
Instrumentation:singer, reader, trumpet, piano, marimba or electic marimba, bass, drums
Lyricist:Regina Harris Baiocchi
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/a5LGw8gmWl4
Further information:arranged by the composer from the original large percussion ensemble version for AACI
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Hold Out for Joy
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Regina Baiocchi, based on Psalm 30:5
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVTnRmHpGs
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Hold Out for Joy
Instrumentation:voice, piano, cello
Lyricist:Regina Baiocchi, based on Psalm 30:5
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/3aijNr3m89Q
Further information:cello part added by the composer on commission from AACI
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Regina Harris Baiocchi: I've Got a Mother and a Father
Instrumentation:Voice
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/uL5ny0uEXfE
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Legends (John Henry)
Instrumentation:voice, conga, brake drum
Lyricist:Regina Harris Baiocchi
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/Po5wYx3_pfM
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Nilisikia Sauti Kubwa
Instrumentation:tenor, piano, trumpet, and tubular bells
Lyricist:Swahili poetry and Revelations 21:3
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/Q7QVKwz5CiQ
Further information:Swahili poetry and Revelations 21:3
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Shadows
Instrumentation:voice, piano, percussion, bassoon
Lyricist:Regina Harris Baiocchi
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/0oShriYrIdo
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Regina Harris Baiocchi: Wash-Belly Baby, from Wild Onion Suite
Instrumentation:soprano, flute, viola, djembe
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/QEdATirX_Yk
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
Margaret Bonds: He's Got the Whole World in His Hand
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:soprano, alto, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXbyE5q9nE
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Margaret Bonds: He's Got the Whole World in His Hand
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivien Taylor, editor, Hildegard Publishing Company, Bryn Mawr, PA
Instrumentation:piano, soprano, alto, tenor
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8rMbcHcPk
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Margaret Bonds: Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Cryin'
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uG3AwZYBNA
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Margaret Bonds: Minstrel Man
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
also in Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of0qNXmgjJU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Margaret Bonds: The Bells (based on the Spiritual 'Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells')
Anthology:Spiritual Suite for Piano, by Margaret Bonds
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Videmus, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/_jagzWRRdb4
Genre:piano solos
Margaret Bonds: The Valley of the Bones
Anthology:Spiritual Suite for Piano, by Margaret Bonds
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Videmus/Louise Toppin
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/3ruDnSwCQNU
Genre:piano solos
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Anthology:Spiritual Suite for Piano, by Margaret Bonds
Instrumentation:solo piano/arr. duet
Publisher:Videmus, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GcZe1QtIro
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano four-hands
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Instrumentation:piano & cello
Publisher:Videmus, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsW3gkH1Ow
Further information:cello/piano version by Bonds
cello/piano duet version by J. Gandolfi (unpublished)
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
Margaret Bonds: You Can Tell the World
Anthology:Rediscovering Margaret Bonds, Art songs, Spirituals, Musical Theater, and Popular Songs, Louise Toppin, ed. Distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Videmus, Louise Toppin, ed.
Year performed by AACI:2014
2019
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1bpWLsiKRA
https://youtu.be/Y6hOy2kFk7s
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Charles Brown: A Song Without Words
Anthology:Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2010
2018
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l83_Y2EgszY
https://youtu.be/p6KO3_UZabA
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Harry Burleigh: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
Anthology:25 Spirituals, Arranged by Harry T.Burleigh
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/Fn9o9QZyTxc
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Billie's Song
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:voice, piano, bass
Lyricist:LaDoris Cordell
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRkKmtgMHw
https://youtu.be/F5lR3yZy53M
Further information:2012: Billie's Song composed for piano solo, text by LaDoris Cordell, arranged for voice, piano, and bass by Valerie Capers
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Billie's Song
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:LaDoris Cordell
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-EW3396itw
Further information:Billie's Song' (Billie Holliday) - text added and piano solo adapted for voice and piano by LaDoris Cordell, with permission of the composer, words by LaDoris Cordell
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Billie's Song
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:solo piano
Lyricist:LaDoris Cordell
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdyeo8QCQMo
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Bird Alone
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdKj3MsyM8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_KTjinKM3Q&feature=youtu.be#t=4m53s
Further information:AACI commission
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Bird Alone
Instrumentation:vocal, piano, bass, percussion
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/j_KTjinKM3Q
Further information:arrangement for jazz piano, violin, cello, bass and drums by Valerie Capers
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Bird Alone
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdKj3MsyM8
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Blue Bird
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yesf7sXD_QA
Further information:Instrumental and vocal parts added by Josephine Gandolfi with the permission of the composer
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Blues for the Duke
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEHOwUYOVKs
https://youtu.be/graO9xpLNeI
Further information:Instrumental and vocal parts added by Josephine Gandolfi with the permission of the composer
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Bossa Brazilia
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etGoeW7prfE
Further information:Instrumental and vocal parts added by Josephine Gandolfi with the permission of the composer
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Brotherhood Begins With You and Me from 'In Praise of Freedom'
Instrumentation:choral
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2012
2105
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGd08BxKAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnCXl1M3bQ
Genre:choral music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Cool-Trane
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejF1kNoBUbI
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Ella Scats The Lamb
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2011
2013
2015
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ7glMEsFSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83qn1XydAYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0F9Ry34fQ8
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Fanfare: Let Us Sing from 'In Praise of Freedom'
Instrumentation:jazz ensemble, chorus
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-IkjWMCQfs
Genre:choral music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Farmchild's Lullaby
Instrumentation:high voice, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar/ Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/8xV8RvtGV-Q
Further information:Movement 3 of 5 movement work. 'The Gift of Song', text adapted from Paul L. Dunbar
arranged by Josephine Gandolfi with permission from the composer for solo voice and piano from the original work for SSA choir and piano
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Introduction: The Preamble to the Constitution from 'In Praise of Freedom'
Instrumentation:jazz ensemble, chorus
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-IkjWMCQfs
Genre:choral music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Jubilation
Instrumentation:singers, piano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, violin, cello, bass, and percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/vmRsFSnNvKw
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Instrumentation:vocals, jazz ensemble
Lyricist:traditional/Capers
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2015
2016
2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2usWLIpvo
https://youtu.be/G_e8WgQ-Xak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVA_xIdBWXU
Further information:Traditional Spiritual/Freedom Song, arranged for AACI by Capers on commission
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Let Freedom Ring, from ''In Praise of Freedom''
Instrumentation:jazz ensemble, chorus
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIisB63xPnI
Genre:choral music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: Rainbow
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKSdfzTTr4
Further information:AACI Commission
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- 1. Tableau 1 -- Lullaby
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UreuhKbBHtU
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- 2. Tableau 2 -- Mardi Gras
Instrumentation:mardi gras band
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc9xbAMl9R8
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- 3. Tableau 3 -- Where are all the children?
Instrumentation:soprano, violin, piano
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbtuMddFBms
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- 4. Tableau 4 -- Reflections
Instrumentation:soprano, cello
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkH-RESi-zE
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Ruby -- 5. Postlude -- Change
Instrumentation:cello
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
2016
Video:youtu.be/88tKd6mBcOU
https://youtu.be/ruyHg-kcR1Q
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Autumn
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zYZLLiaoA
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Spring
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:voice, piano. cello
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMi9L4Lbyo
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Summer
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:voice, piano. cello
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liCwt1bB4Rg
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons: Winter
Anthology:Song of the Seasons
Instrumentation:voice, piano. cello
Lyricist:Valerie Capers
Publisher:Videmus
Year performed by AACI:2012
2016
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU23Xow6iG4
https://youtu.be/jdqVv3IM50k
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Sweet Mr. Jelly Roll
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:piano, flute, bassoon, percussion
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/Bn77iT50mAw
Further information:arranged for piccolo, bassoon, and piano by Josephine Gandolfi, with composer's permission
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Tapestry
Instrumentation:violin, cello, flute, clarinet, trombone, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, piano, bass guitar, percussion
Lyricist:inspired by Langston Hughes Jazz poetry
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/44pO8t7EcJw
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: The Gift of Song
Instrumentation:singers, piano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, violin, cello, bass, and percussion
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar/ Valerie Capers
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
2019
2023
Video:https://youtu.be/x2f1-FWeHRc
https://youtu.be/jZkH0ToFSLc
Further information:Last movement of 5 movement piece based on poetry by Paul L. Dunbar entitled 'The Gift of Song', 1986. Last movement revised in 2017 for AACI. Additional text by Valerie Capers.
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Capers: The Monk
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHdxR_SsY7A
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Wagner Takes the 'A' Train
Instrumentation:piano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, violin, cello, bass, and percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/bPFq3Rxpwuc
Further information:Billy Strayhorn/Richard Wagner arr. Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Valerie Capers: Waltz for Miles
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:clarinet, piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TLNre_q9fE
Further information:Clarinet part added by Josephine Gandolfi with the permission of the composer. Vocal part added by LaDoris Cordell.
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Valerie Capers: Waltz for Miles
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:piano solo
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/uNahXCm4bFE
Genre:piano solos
Valerie Capers: Waltz for Miles
Anthology:Portraits in Jazz
Instrumentation:trumpet, piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/FmliWxgve-c
Further information:With trumpet, arranged by the composer
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Valerie Capers : We Wear the Mask
Instrumentation:tenor, piano, bass, percussion
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar/ Valerie Capers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEE1oFUSX_8
Further information:Movement 4 of 5 movement piece based on poetry by Paul L. Dunbar, 'The Gift of Song' by Valerie Capers
transcribed by Josephine Gandolfi with permission of the composer from the original work for male chorus and instrumental ensemble.
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Valerie Capers: Winter's Love
Instrumentation:piano, flute, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2016
2018
Video:https://youtu.be/ht8iRuaFQYs
https://youtu.be/LOwsSLZQydo
Further information:Based on themes by Richard Wagner
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Valerie Capers: You
Instrumentation:soprano, piano, bass, drums, flute
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar/ Valerie Capers
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/k3r6IqXw_ro
Further information:Movement 1 of 5 movement work. 'The Gift of Song', text adapted from Paul L. Dunbar
adapted by Josephine Gandolfi with permission from the composer from the original work for SATB choir, flute, piano, drums, and bass
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Valerie Coleman: Umoja
Instrumentation:flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn
Publisher:Valerie Coleman
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/dOcwd-IwonA
Further information:Woodwind Quintet
Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa
Instrumentation:piano, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdyFs3VeK20
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Thomas A. Dorsey: Precious Lord
Instrumentation:recorder, piano, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZUCqmqXeqM
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Duke Ellington: Caravan
Instrumentation:piano, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJCWULsSXA
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Duke Ellington: I'm Beginning to See the Light
Instrumentation:vocal, piano, bass, percussion, violin, cello
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQHA7PjtSs
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Duke Ellington: In a Mellow Tone
Instrumentation:piano, flute, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2020
2023
2025
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm8SRezVsa4
https://youtu.be/s7DjBBoYdZ4
https://youtu.be/STVfhPrzOpE
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Instrumentation:piano, trumpet, trombone, basson, clarinet, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2016
2019
Video:https://youtu.be/AvjgO8JKKFI
https://youtu.be/eBAenfixBBM
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Jeremiah Evans: April Rain Song
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/-qRazyR3Eew
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jeremiah Evans: Beat on the Street
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/abeN-z-H8YM
Further information:arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI
Genre:piano four-hands
Jeremiah Evans: Black Leather Jacket
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/0u6H5ZdpLaw
Further information:arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI
Genre:piano four-hands
Jeremiah Evans: Canzona in G
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/gBb20rNcx5Y
Further information:arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI
Genre:piano four-hands
Jeremiah Evans: Jazz Berry Jam
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/dKZz9slUQLE
Further information:arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI
Genre:piano four-hands
Jeremiah Evans: The New Colossus
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Emma Lazarus
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/3M0McIoGEP4
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jeremiah Evans: Three Inventions for piano solo I. Heron's Engine II. Archimedes' Spiral, III. DaVinci's Flying Machine
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/_-N8Ry3bHio
Further information:performed with video created by Deanne Tucker
Genre:piano solos
Jeremiah Evans: Two Nocturnes for soprano, violin, cello and piano I. A Winter Night, II Spring Night
Instrumentation:soprano, piano trio
Lyricist:Sarah Teasdale
Publisher:jevans music press
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/thncVSWSwDI
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
Instrumentation:solo vocalist, back-up singers, tenor saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, bass, drums, tambourine
Publisher:Self-published
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/TBcYa0FQGMg
Further information:arr. Jansen Verplank
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia
Instrumentation:jazz ensemble
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2015
2017
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kB6VbNWE2I
https://youtu.be/lqAgvV_Bemg
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Adolphus Hailstork: Longing
Anthology:Second Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers. Compiled and Edited by Willis C. Patterson, copyright 2002
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dnfVXjMIc
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: A Change Has Got to Come
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/VaGzB-wGXFU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: Don't Feel No Ways Tired
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/tkaSYsjN1eQ
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: Give Me Jesus
Anthology:published as single song
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/mnRV6s2nuJU
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: God is a God
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/Jfs014Wz9rw
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: Guide My Feet
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2011
2017
2023
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lB5g7lqslQ
https://youtu.be/HScJl_n-asE
https://youtu.be/zw0gEm9jZ0c
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: Lord I'll Go
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/b6pPWKsqikM
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: My Good Lord Done Been Here
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/G-7qCKeZoPU
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: O Lord, I Done Done!
Anthology:published as single song
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/th0KKYeMwTo
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: Plenty Good Room
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:soprano, tenor, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/1cFTvg_JkCg
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: Ride On Jesus
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:soprano, tenor, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/1cFTvg_JkCg
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: This Little Light of Mine
Anthology:Songs and Spirituals by Jacqueline B. Hairston, Vol. I, foreward by Phillip Harris
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:J. Hairs Productions, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2011
2019
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFKoGAQO_bI
https://youtu.be/OysrcxF_0yE
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Roland Hayes: Lit'l Boy
Anthology:My Favorite Spirituals, 30 Songs for Voice and Piano, arranged and interpreted by Roland Hayes
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Dover Publications, Inc, 2001, 2015
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/_y4Fvl4xxLw
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Roland Hayes: You Mus' Come in By an' Thro' the Lamb
Anthology:My Favorite Spirituals, 30 Songs for Voice and Piano, arranged and interpreted by Roland Hayes
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Dover Publications, Inc, 2001, 2015
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/_y4Fvl4xxLw
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Billie Holiday: God Bless the Child
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Arthur Herzog
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33W8En0hM_U
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Antonio Carlos Jobim: One Note Samba
Instrumentation:piano, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl7usX7Cpk0
Further information:arrangement by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Hall Johnson: Leanin'on dat Lamb
Anthology:Thirty Spirituals, arranged for voice and piano by Hall Johnson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hall Leonard, 2001
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/9ERCG_JeVHA
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
The Brothers Johnson: Tomorrow
Instrumentation:choir, piano
Lyricist:Siedah Garrett
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHFgvOL3_x4
Betty Jackson King: Autumn Dance
Anthology:Four Seasonal Sketches
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jacksonian Press, Inc.
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMoblR7s1g
Genre:piano solos
Betty Jackson King: In the Springtime (Shakespeare)
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Shakespeare
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Jacksonian Press, inc
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aft8gHLzneg
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Betty Jackson King: It's Me O Lord
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Jacksonian Press, inc
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIhpM4CzjWQ
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Betty Jackson King: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Jacksonian Press, inc
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWfBPulTPQ
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Betty Jackson King: Spring Intermezzo
Anthology:Four Seasonal Sketches
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jacksonian Press, Inc.
Year performed by AACI:2011
2023
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw0QnYxsdL8
https://youtu.be/XgT2HAbeOOs
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano solos
Betty Jackson King: Summer Interlude
Anthology:Four Seasonal Sketches
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jacksonian Press, Inc.
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgxiDtzh2_U
Genre:piano solos
Betty Jackson King: Way By an'By
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Jacksonian Press, inc
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGmwBL79EY
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Betty Jackson King: Winter Holiday
Anthology:Four Seasonal Sketches
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jacksonian Press, Inc.
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khvj73Y9r4Y
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano solos
Henry Krieger: Family
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhrsmkCo_ec
Further information:Lyrics by Tom Eyen
arranged by Jansen Verplank
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Abbey Lincoln: Bird Alone
Instrumentation:vocal, chamber ensemble
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHAkMS2_AO0
Further information:arr. by Valerie Capers for jazz trio, voice, with violin and cello obbligato
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Melba Liston: Rainbow
Instrumentation:chamber ensemble
Lyricist:Abbey Lincoln
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2013
2023
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qwwiwGFHA
https://youtu.be/FpI4ziENRqY
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers for jazz trio and vocalist
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Charles Lloyd, Jr.: Ain't a Dat Good News
Anthology:The Spiritual Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:Warners Bros. Publications U.S. Inc, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/P5kzERIrB4M
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Charles Lloyd, Jr.: Compensation
Anthology:Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2011
2018
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmJLavuIdWs
https://youtu.be/dcJDWbyjAQA
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Charles Lloyd, Jr.: Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
Anthology:The Spiritual Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:Warners Bros. Publications U.S. Inc, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsKMZAU_yGo
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Charles Lloyd, Jr.: Poor Wayfarin' Stranger
Anthology:The Spiritual Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:Warners Bros. Publications U.S. Inc, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3GYKNzoZ_c
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Joshua McGhee: "Will" (A Musical Tribute to William Grant Still)
Instrumentation:bass clarinet, trumpet, tenor saxophone, cello, piano, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/PPpSX-kshBk
Further information:AACI Commission
Genre:instrumental chamber music
Joshua McGhee: An American Anthem: A Tribute to African American Heroes
Instrumentation:piano trio, percussion
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/hODppCnHyBI
Further information:AACI Commission
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
Joshua McGhee: Elegy for a Child
Instrumentation:piano, violin, 2 cellos
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYlAiO4wow&feature=youtu.be
Further information:AACI commission
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Joshua McGhee: Let God Bring Tomorrow
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello, flute, bassoon
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/urGY5i4U_Hw
Further information:AACI Commission
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
Joshua McGhee: The Color of Love
Instrumentation:piano, violin, 2 cellos
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUCE3OtsL0c
Further information:AACI commission
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Joshua McGhee: Variations on an African American Spiritual -- 1. Prelude
Anthology:from four movement work: Variations on an African American Spiritual
Instrumentation:piano, cello
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2012
2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3QhYrqL7dE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAsnreo116o
Further information:AACI commission, for piano trio
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Joshua McGhee: Variations on an African American Spiritual -- 2. Nocturne
Anthology:from four movement work: Variations on an African American Spiritual
Instrumentation:piano, violin
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2012
2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56meprx1ijE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0rEGKpxkA
Further information:AACI Commission, for piano trio
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Joshua McGhee: Variations on an African American Spiritual -- 4. Spiritual Piece (folk song)
Anthology:from four movement work: Variations on an African American Spiritual
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLQ-voycOg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvLVxaBPmvw
Further information:AACI Commission, for piano trio
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Joshua McGhee: Variations on an African American Spiritual-- 3. Ballad
Anthology:from four movement work: Variations on an African American Spiritual
Instrumentation:piano, cello
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YoOCyygyCo
Further information:AACI Commission, for piano trio
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Joshua McGhee: Where Freedom Rings
Instrumentation:soprano, piano trio
Lyricist:Joshua McGhee
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOST73wJUV0
Further information:AACI commission
Genre:art songs for voice, piano, and additional instruments
Lena McLin: A Summer Day
Anthology:Black Women Composers, A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990)
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7xeWZ_9ykA
Genre:piano solos
Lena McLin: He Had a Dream from 'Free at Last! A Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
Anthology:Lena McLin, Songs for Voice and Piano
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Manuel McLin
Publisher:Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYIq7AlFEwE
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Lena McLin: Hold Out Your Light (Spiritual) arranged by Lena McLin
Anthology:Lena McLin, Songs for Voice and Piano
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Publisher:Neil A. Kjos Company
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/mqn3VKIuZsU
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Lena McLin: Wait Till I Put On My Crown
Anthology:Lena McLin, Songs for Voice and Piano
Instrumentation:vocal
Publisher:Neil A. Kjos Company
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsqcoRO97yI
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Thelonious Monk: Round Midnight
Instrumentation:piano, bass. percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/SQYOrjqADkc
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Andre Myers: Harlem Night Song
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Andre Myers
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/VpBS8qXemrQ
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Shawn Okpebholo: A Balm in Gilead
Anthology:The Shawn E. Okpebholo Collection of Negro Spirituals
Instrumentation:tenor, flute, piano
Publisher:Yellow Einstein Press
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/m-2dUKMYqNc
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Shawn Okpebholo: Amazing Grace
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Yellow Einstein Press
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/BqnU4FifVaQ
Genre:piano solos
Shawn Okpebholo: O Freedom
Anthology:The Shawn E. Okpebholo Collection of Negro Spirituals
Instrumentation:tenor, flute, piano
Publisher:Yellow Einstein Press
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/1TQhXC8D6UQ
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: A Jazz Trifle
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/K8oUskMTCc8
Genre:piano solos
Zenobia Powell Perry: De Angels Done Bowed Down
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
2019
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-sDy6yVOyA
https://youtu.be/xi5CE1yJDFU
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Flight
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
2019
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjzx7emm5QE
https://youtu.be/jZg56x2ZqOQ
Genre:piano solos
Zenobia Powell Perry: Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/7ZZkue4Y0Yg
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Homage: To William Levi Dawson
Anthology:Homage: To William Levi Dawson
Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990), Helen Walker-Hill, Editor
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-2zzobcvH4
Further information:Work is based on I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned
Genre:piano solos
Zenobia Powell Perry: I Gotta Move When the Spirit Say Move
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:tenor, soprano, alto, contralto
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/BT-AhNXBlac
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: I Want Two Wings
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:soprano, tenor, piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/dZ3E-kjInXA
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Juba and Dance in the Moonlight, from the opera Tawawa House
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:conga drums, dancers
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTNPfeA9jzs&t=3s
Further information:Dance preceding the opera Tawawa House
Genre:instrumental chamber music
Zenobia Powell Perry: Jumping Over the Broom
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/06HV-MdH_vw
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with permission
Genre:piano four-hands
Zenobia Powell Perry: Let the Knowing Speak, from the opera Tawawa House
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:soprano, alto, alto, tenor
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NTJoIf0XL8
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Nocturne
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/cspRJPDkunI
Genre:piano solos
Zenobia Powell Perry: Overture
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/lQyRNXChV3s
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with permission
Genre:piano four-hands
Zenobia Powell Perry: Sinner Man So Hard, Believe!
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:tenor, piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/e6pX7fxRlI0
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Sunset
Anthology:Songs and Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8YIKzzohNU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Zenobia Powell Perry: Teeta
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/xDQg5VrAciw
Genre:piano solos
Zenobia Powell Perry: Up Over My Head I See Freedom in the Air
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaZ47asJeIA
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: Fantasie Negre
Anthology:Fantasie Negre
Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990), Helen Walker-Hill, Editor
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBYDRNqTcgQ
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano four-hands
Florence B. Price: Hold Fast to Dreams
Anthology:44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price, edited by Richard Heard
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSVIuw3ViH8
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: I'm Workin' on my Buildin'
Anthology:44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price, edited by Richard Heard
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6BkoGuj8U
Further information:Two Traditional Negro Spirituals - #2
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: My Dream
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor,
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2010
2017
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhxF_aaYdmU
https://youtu.be/FQc6seWDjUU
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: Night
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor,
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Louise C. Wallace
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0MplEP-SuM
Further information:also in Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson
Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Florence B. Price: Nimble Feet (Dances in the Canebrakes)
Anthology:Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Volume 3, Compiled and Edited by William H. Chapman Nyaho
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI7S5O0NYtY&feature=youtu.be
Genre:piano solos
Florence B. Price: We Have Tomorrow
Anthology:44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price, edited by Richard Heard
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Lyricist:Langston Hughes
Publisher:Classical Vocal Reprints
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/RHIdgRFa7n0
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Lionel Richie: We Are The World
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/LQMge_LoIJU
Further information:arranged by David Chaidez
John H. Robinson: A Day at the Circus
Instrumentation:violin, cello, piano, piccolo, and percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2023
Video:https://youtu.be/8rb-Oi1K7LM
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
John H. Robinson: Cell-Phonium, based on the 'T-Mobile' jingle
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywk6Fhh4158
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
John H. Robinson: Disco-cioso
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/0JnzUa7fuFc
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
John H. Robinson: Fanfare For An Uncommon Woman
Instrumentation:piano, trumpet, trombone, bass, percussion
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2016
2019
Video:https://youtu.be/P5MXbQJW_Is
https://youtu.be/9qdLqzmpysU
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
John H. Robinson: Musique
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y3DRmInsHA
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
John H. Robinson: Tammie's Music Box
Instrumentation:violin, cello, piano, and celesta
Publisher:John H. Robinson
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/hwWKcsQql9M
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
John H. Robinson: Tarantella With A Twist Of Lime
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/LPt5l8ZGpJw
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
John H. Robinson: The Reveille Rhapsody
Instrumentation:piano trio, trumpet
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/6d92lT999xE
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
John H. Robinson: The Secret Life of Mannequins
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/F6bREA2j2r8
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
John H. Robinson: The Two-Legged Waltz
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-wowqhcsrA
Further information:Commissioned by AACI
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
John H. Robinson: Variation 1
Anthology:Variations on a Theme by Valerie Capers (arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi)
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hry3NmKnaFk
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with the composer's permission
Genre:piano four-hands
John H. Robinson: Variation 5
Anthology:Variations on a Theme by Valerie Capers (arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi)
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhEpt6lizmM​
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with the composer's permission
Genre:piano four-hands
John H. Robinson: Variation 6
Anthology:Variations on a Theme by Valerie Capers (arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi)
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTfiJJ4GMg
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with the composer's permission
Genre:piano four-hands
John H. Robinson: Variation 7
Anthology:Variations on a Theme by Valerie Capers (arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi)
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2013
2014
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GeeeoSCV6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktw-wDk6Yxs
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with the composer's permission
Genre:piano four-hands
John H. Robinson : Variations 6 and 7
Anthology:Variations on a Theme by Valerie Capers (arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi)
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Jaygayle Music/African American Composer Music Publication Series
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg0-rhTxa8o
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with the composer's permission
Genre:piano four-hands
Nile Rodgers: We Are Family
Instrumentation:vocals, jazz ensemble
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/y2vzFRQgi_w
Further information:Composed by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
arranged by Jansen Verplank
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Horace Silver: Doodlin'
Instrumentation:piano, bass, percussion
Publisher:arrangement by Valerie Capers
Year performed by AACI:2016
Video:https://youtu.be/cGkFogTMUDw
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Horace Silver: Sister Sadie
Instrumentation:trumpet, alto saxophone, piano, bass, and drums
Publisher:arrangement by Valerie Capers
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/xnAq23xGLqo
Further information:arr. Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Hale Smith: I Want To Die Easy
Anthology:The New Negro Spiritual Collection, compiled and edited by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Willis C. Patterson
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbRg17KPWRs
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Undine Smith Moore: Come Down Angels
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCjI1nRxfss
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Undine Smith Moore: I Heard the Preaching of the Elder
Anthology:Afro-American Suite
Instrumentation:flute (violin), cello, and piano
Publisher:International Opus
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbmDRgPnjsw
Further information:Violin substituted for flute, with permission of the composer's daughter
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
Undine Smith Moore: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord
Anthology:Afro-American Suite
Instrumentation:flute (violin), cello, and piano
Publisher:International Opus
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azDQ41WyVfA
Further information:Violin substituted for flute, with permission of the composer's daughter
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
Undine Smith Moore: Shout All Over God's Heaven
Anthology:Afro-American Suite
Instrumentation:flute (violin), cello, and piano
Publisher:International Opus
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oba69L5q7KU
Further information:Violin substituted for flute, with permission of the composer's daughter
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
Undine Smith Moore: To Be Baptized
Anthology:The New Negro Spiritual Collection, compiled and edited by Willis C. Patterson
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Willis C. Patterson
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRJ3TcFC7t0
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Undine Smith Moore: Watch and Pray
Anthology:Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, Vivian Taylor, editor
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:Hildegard Publishing Company
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQz5dFXsB2A
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Undine Smith Moore: Who is that Yonder?
Anthology:Afro-American Suite
Instrumentation:flute (violin), cello, and piano
Publisher:International Opus
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M12wV8d15s
Further information:Violin substituted for flute, with permission of the composer's daughter
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Gardé Piti Mulet Là or Mister Banjo (Creole, Louisiana)
Anthology:Vignettes for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2JkubQ6hwc
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Anda Buscando de Rosa de Rosa (Mexico)
Anthology:Folk Suite No. 4 for quartet
Instrumentation:piano trio, clarinet
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMVkDbnDqJA
Further information:for piano trio and clarinet
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Calm as the Waters of the Bayou from A Bayou Legend for soprano and tenor
Anthology:William Grant Still, Arias, Duets, and Scenes from the Operas, Vol. 3
Instrumentation:soprano, tenor, piano
Lyricist:Verna Arvey
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/ohnkBFB7gZM
Genre:operatic arias
William Grant Still: Camp Meetin': Walk Together Chillun
Anthology:William Grant Still, Twelve Negro Spirituals
Instrumentation:voice, piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:N/A
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
William Grant Still: Carmela (Mexico)
Anthology:Vignettes for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIu1vomR6Sk
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Clinch Mountain (Southern U.S.A.)
Anthology:Vignettes for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57IKUD4WZCU
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Dance
Anthology:William Grant Still - A Deserted Plantation, with introduction by Frances Walker-Slocum
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/RFPXYuB9FI0
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with permission of Judith Still
Genre:piano four-hands
William Grant Still: Dark Horseman
Anthology:Three Visions
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0twRg29mc
Genre:piano solos
William Grant Still: El Monigote (Venezuela)
Anthology:Folk Suite No. 4 for quartet
Instrumentation:piano trio, clarinet
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC1Vser7sCY
Further information:for piano trio and clarinet
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Folk Suite No 2 El Zapatero
Instrumentation:piano trio, flute
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/YsoGRu9KciE
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Folk Suite No 2 Mol'e
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/dEfcXTG_duk
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Folk Suite No 2 Mom'zelle Zizi
Instrumentation:piano trio, flute
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/L8steCdRS88
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Folk Suite No 2 Peruvian Melody
Instrumentation:piano trio, flute
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/axh0WSaE_lA
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Get on Board
Anthology:Spiritual Medley
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello, clarinet, bassoon
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHQ0hAKSFaM
Further information:adapted from woodwind quintet with piano by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Grief
Anthology:William Grant Still, An Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Leroy V. Brant
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1siEMjK18I
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
William Grant Still: Héla Grandpère (Haiti)
Anthology:Vignettes for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0kr9GjDss
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Inca Melody (Peru)
Anthology:Vignettes for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrAKz3LX1BI
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land
Anthology:Three Miniatures for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbJ5cmnCUhY
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Kaintuck' (two pianos)
Instrumentation:duo piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQaznnJknI
Further information:Kaintuck', for piano and orchestra (orchestral reduction for piano II by Verna Arvey)
Genre:piano four-hands
William Grant Still: Lis'ten to De Lam's
Anthology:William Grant Still, Twelve Negro Spirituals
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2009
Video:N/A
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
William Grant Still: Mother and Child
Instrumentation:violin, cello, piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/kM0VVyayETw
Further information:Adapted for piano trio from the original violin/piano duo by Josephine Gandolfi, with permission by Judith Anne Still
published as trio by William Grant Still Music
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
William Grant Still: Movement III
Anthology:Suite for Violin and Piano
Instrumentation:piano, violin
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-_VNTnP7m4
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
William Grant Still: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Anthology:Spiritual Medley
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello, clarinet, bassoon
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqdREle6WiY
Further information:adapted from woodwind quintet with piano by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Out of Silence
Anthology:Seven Traceries
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPc5KydeXig
Genre:piano solos
William Grant Still: Radiant Pinnacle
Anthology:Three Visions
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2009
Video:N/A
Genre:piano solos
William Grant Still: Scherzo from Afro-American Symphony
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH8QuCukQNA
Further information:Arranged and published for two pianos by the composer and Verna Arvey
adapted with permission for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi (unpublished)
Genre:piano four-hands
William Grant Still: Song for the Lonely
Anthology:William Grant Still, An Art Song Collection
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Verna Arvey
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2009
Video:N/A
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
William Grant Still: Spiritual (A Deserted Plantation)
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xiy4leUSN8
Genre:piano solos
William Grant Still: Summerland
Anthology:Three Visions
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2009
2025
Video:https://youtu.be/OEkE_qDw9qE
Genre:piano solos
William Grant Still: Tayêras (Brazil)
Anthology:Folk Suite No. 4 for quartet
Instrumentation:piano trio, clarinet
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2012
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ypcVsYfXSs
Further information:for piano trio and clarinet
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Wade in the Water
Anthology:Little Folk Suite No. 3'
Instrumentation:piano, violin, cello, clarinet, bassoon
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCOqDJHG7Y
Further information:adapted from string quartet by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
William Grant Still: Winnebago Moccasin Game (Wisconsin)
Anthology:Vignettes for Piano Trio
Instrumentation:piano trio
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2011
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPfXV_WN2M
Genre:instrumental arrangements of spirituals and folksongs
Billy Strayhorn: Take the 'A' Train
Instrumentation:piano, bass, drums
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/tmdc5xENhpI
Further information:arranged by Valerie Capers
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Howard Swanson: A Death Song (Lullaby)
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Lyricist:Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Company, distributed by Hal Leonard
Year performed by AACI:2010
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7bgOd6_Ac
Further information:William Grant Still Music, Flagstaff, AZ
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Bobby Timmons: Moanin'
Anthology:arrangement by Valerie Capers
Instrumentation:piano, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2017
Video:https://youtu.be/1E6f7wxevG8
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
George Walker: Prelude
Anthology:Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Compiled and Edited by William H. Chapman Nyaho, Vol. 4, Oxford University Press, 2008
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/gM1CiPPO4WQ
Genre:piano solos
Fats Waller: Jitterbug Waltz
Anthology:arrangement by Valerie Capers
Instrumentation:piano, bass, percussion
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOUu1-tybeQ
Genre:instrumental jazz ensemble
Dolores White: Down by the Riverside
Anthology:Four Negro Spirituals
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2015
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or45KbFxY6g
Further information:from 'Four Negro Spirituals'
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Dolores White: Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Instrumentation:viola, piano
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/uXhAw21F5wQ
Further information:Composed for cello and piano, adapted for viola, cello, and piano by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Dolores White: Give Birth to the Dream for soprano and tenor
Instrumentation:soprano, tenor, piano, chimes
Lyricist:Maya Angelou
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
2025
Video:https://youtu.be/i0EGYIJ6_Y8
https://youtu.be/Uotmi5C3wWs
Further information:Arranged by the composer for soprano, tenor, piano, and orchestral chimes from the larger work for soloist, narrator, and orchestra
Genre:art songs for voice and piano
Dolores White: Glaciers
Instrumentation:solo piano
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgG6wxlxKfw
Further information:Movement 8 from 'Nine Excursions for Piano'
Genre:piano solos
Dolores White: Go Down Moses
Instrumentation:soprano, piano
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2014
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqu9czSVUJM
Further information:from 'Four Negro Spirituals'
Genre:spirituals for voice and piano
Dolores White: Little David Play on Yo' Harp
Instrumentation:piano, viola, cello
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/rn3D_x1uNtg
Further information:Composed for cello and piano, adapted for viola, cello, and piano by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:chamber music for piano, strings, and additional instruments
Dolores White: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Instrumentation:cello, piano
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/yaepTAz7JKE
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Dolores White: Wade in de Water
Instrumentation:piano, viola, cello
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/755Td3OZQ-U
Further information:Composed for cello and piano, adapted for viola, cello, and piano by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Dolores White: Were You There
Instrumentation:piano, viola, cello
Publisher:Dolores White Music
Year performed by AACI:2025
Video:https://youtu.be/1iI4VPZV8BU
Further information:Composed for cello and piano, adapted for viola, cello, and piano by Josephine Gandolfi
Genre:chamber music for piano and strings
Mary Lou Williams: Anima Christi
Instrumentation:vocals, piano, clarinet, bass, percussion
Lyricist:14th century prayer, adapted by Mary Lou Williams
Publisher:The Mary Lou Williams Foundation, INC. and Cecilia Music Publishing Co.
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://youtu.be/FeMHnBYkg94
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Mary Lou Williams: Bobo and Doodles
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:Sheet Music Now
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsDG5hoHqw
Further information:solo published composition adapted unchanged for four-hands by Josephine Gandolfi
to-date unpublished
Genre:piano four-hands
Mary Lou Williams: Special Freight
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Sheet Music Now
Year performed by AACI:2020
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrfKdWAfvM
Genre:piano solos
Bill Withers: Lean On Me
Instrumentation:chorus, jazz ensemble
Year performed by AACI:2019
Video:https://youtu.be/3RVQni1HTlA
Further information:Arranged by Jansen Verplank for choir and jazz combo
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
John Wesley Work III: Big Bunch of Roses
Instrumentation:piano
Publisher:Axelrod Publications, Inc., Providence, R.I.
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/bKCEkzbGvF4
Further information:from Appalachia, Three Fiddle and Game Tunes
Genre:piano solos
John Worley: Above and Beyond
Instrumentation:trumpet
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2024
Video:https://youtu.be/T2__PGOCVrE
Further information:composed in tribute to Colonel William Gunn
Genre:instrumental chamber music
John Worley: Winds of Change
Instrumentation:trumpet
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/g8qxqVCpjgg
Further information:Dedicated to Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America
Genre:instrumental chamber music
Roxanna Wright: I'm Thinking of a Butterfly
Instrumentation:Choir, rapper, keyboard, percussion and bass, with optional winds
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/YbMMgKF1nHc
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
Roxanna Wright: Two Thousand Twenty
Instrumentation:Choir, rapper, keyboard, percussion and bass, with optional winds
Publisher:self-published
Year performed by AACI:2018
Video:https://youtu.be/bGSZ0SRizoU
Genre:jazz/gospel-based vocal music with instrumental accompaniment