AACI Compositions Performed

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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to-date unpublished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
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" Jeremiah,Evans,Canzona in G,,,jevans music press,https://www.jevansmusicpress.com/,2024,https://youtu.be/gBb20rNcx5Y,piano duet,piano four-hands,,Y,"arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI" Jeremiah,Evans,Beat on the Street,,,jevans music press,https://www.jevansmusicpress.com/,2024,https://youtu.be/abeN-z-H8YM,piano duet,piano four-hands,,Y,"arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI" Jeremiah,Evans,Jazz Berry Jam,,,jevans music press,https://www.jevansmusicpress.com/,2024,https://youtu.be/dKZz9slUQLE,piano duet,piano four-hands,,Y,"arranged for four-hands from the original piano solo by the composer, on commission from AACI" Marvin,Gaye,What's Going On,,,Self-published,jansenv@eastside.org,2024,https://youtu.be/TBcYa0FQGMg,"solo vocalist, back-up singers, tenor saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, bass, drums, tambourine
Genre:piano four-hands
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: Overture
Anthology:From opera Tawawa House
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:Jaygayle Music
Year performed by AACI:2017
2026
Video:https://youtu.be/lQyRNXChV3s
https://youtu.be/teBEsk1-H8Y
Further information:Arranged for piano duet by Josephine Gandolfi with permission
Genre:piano four-hands
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
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
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: 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)" William Grant,Still,Lis'ten to De Lam's,,"William Grant Still, Twelve Negro Spirituals
Genre:piano four-hands
William Grant Still: Scherzo from Afro-American Symphony
Instrumentation:piano duet
Publisher:William Grant Still Music
Year performed by AACI:2013
2026
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH8QuCukQNA
https://youtu.be/W4VU008OIbo
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
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