#EVERY
VOICE
CHALLENGE
Launched by pianist Kamilla Arku, the mission of the #EveryVoiceChallenge is to champion and celebrate diversity in the classical piano repertoire by promoting music by composers of colour. A curated collection of well-known classics, unearthed gems, and specially commissioned pieces, Kamilla's passion project challenges music students and teachers alike to embrace the wealth of music for the piano by often neglected composers.
Pieces are organised from beginner level to ABRSM Grade 8 and beyond, and each level contains works that are available with the project, as well as ones that are available for purchase from third parties, so there's something for everyone! Participating schools and individuals will receive information about the project, its composers, and be able to sign up for performance opportunities in #EveryVoiceChallenge Virtual Concerts.
To access the full collection and sign up for the Challenge, complete the form below. Don't forget to follow and post on social media: @everyvoicechallenge #everyvoicechallenge.
It's Easy:
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PICK your piece from the collection
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PRACTICE it
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PERFORM it in #EveryVoiceChallenge Virtual Concerts!
Special thanks to composers and musicians who have composed for or donated works to this project: Juhi Bansal, Anthony R. Green, Brittany J. Green, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Alice H. Jones, Julian Joseph, Brian H. Kim, Wilbert Roget II, Alice Shyy, Ayo Vincent and Kaoru Wada.
beginner
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin (arr. Kamilla Arku)
Call of Duty WWII: A Brotherhood of Heroes
Wilbert Roget II (arr. K. Arku)
Summer on the Fjord
Kamilla Arku
Snap Hello!
Kamilla Arku
Theme from 'Troubled Water'
Margaret Bonds (arr. K. Arku)
grade 1
Baby Zo-Zan
Kaoru Wada
Portrait of Leonore (in A minor)
Brian Kim
Lara's Theme (from Tomb Raider)
Wilbert Roget II (arr. K. Arku)
The People Could Fly
Alice H. Jones
grade 2
Allegro from Siete Piezas Para Piano (arr. K. Arku)
Blas Galindo
I Jweli Ke Maai Ne (Show Your Love)
Reuben Henry (K. Arku)
L. Viola Kinney (Arr. K. Arku)
Halik El-Dabh
Ella Scats the Little Lamb
Valerie Capers
pieces
Grade 3
Portrait of Leonore (in G minor)
Brian Kim
We Real Cool: piano etude #4
Regina Harris Baiocchi
Passiflora
Yuji Takahashi
Hale Smith
grade 4
Valerie Capers
HB4A
Regina Harris Baiocchi
Kagayaki, Op.26 No.2
Sakri Abe (arr. K. Arku)
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin (arr. Vaitzman Or)
Valerie Capers
Waltz for Miles
Valerie Capers
Ulysses Kay
Nkeiru Okoye
Hale Smith
grade 5
La femme complexe (from Portraits for piano)
Brittany J. Green
The Weeping Willow Rag
Scott Joplin
Udje
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Ayevwiomo Dance no. 2
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Tunis
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Billie's Song
Valerie Capers
Valerie Capers
Mr. Satchmo
Valerie Capers
Cancion de la Havana
Valerie Capers
Breeze
Toru Takemitsu
Florence B. Price
Nkeiru Okoye
Rippling Spring Waltz
Estelle D. Ricketts
Lullaby
Bangambula Vindu
Lament in Tremelo Form
Laurindo Almeida
Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response
Robert Mawuena Kwami
Cuban Liberty March
Anna Gardner Goodwin
grade 6
Julian Joseph (arr. Michael Csanyi-Wills)
La fille dans les nuages (from Portraits for piano)
Brittany J. Green
La mère dans le marché (from Portraits for piano)
Brittany J. Green
Juhi Bansal
The Peacherine Rag
Scott Joplin
Humouresque op. 31 no. 1
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
At the Dawn of Day / Loko ku ti ga (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
The Stones Are Very Hard / Maribye ma nonoha ngopfu (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Take Nabandkji (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Herero Wedding Dance
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Iroro
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Edo
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Christian Onyeji
Nathaniel Dett
Howard Swanson
Prelude No. 2 'Poor Mourner's Got a Home'
Wallace M. Cheatham
Christian Onyeji
John W. Work III
J.H. Kwabena Nketia
Joshua Uzoigwe
Ulysses Kay
Prelude No. 1 'Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho
'Wallace M. Cheatham
Amadeo Roldan y Gardes
Florence B. Price
Akin Euba
Igbá Kìnní - Akèrè gbè Baba Emu
Akin Euba
Halim El-Dabh
Halim El-Dabh
J. H. Kwabena Nketia
Betty Jackson King
grade 7
Le garçon qui passe (from Portraits for piano)
Brittany J. Green
Julian Joseph
Juhi Bansal
Deep River (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)
Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor
They Will Not Lend Me A Child/ A ba boleki nwana (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Duke Ellington
Scott Joplin
Yuji Takahashi
Moving Shadows Under Water
Yuji Takahashi
Night Music
Yuji Takahashi
Revelation from the Sea (any movement)
Yuji Takahashi
Before Dawn (any movement)
Yuji Takahashi
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Agbadza
Fred Onovwerosuoke
If the Silver Bird Could Speak
Eleanor Alberga
Ludovic Lamothe
R. Nathaniel Dett
Oswald Russell
Florence B. Price
Oswald Russell
Variations on an Egyptian Folksong
Gamal Abdel-Rahim
Flowers in the Sand
Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Diana Arismendi
Prelude
George Walker
grade 8
Oren
Julian Joseph
Dispersed Calligraphy
Yuji Takahashi
Bachiana Afroasiatica
Yuji Takahashi
kerokero kororo (graphic score)
Yuji Takahashi
Flowers in the Sand: After the First Rain
Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Wallace M. Cheatham
Scenes from Traditional Life No. 1
Akin Euba
Ed Bland
Tania Leon
Errollyn Wallen
Julia Perry
Caprice
George Walker
Joshua Uzoigwe
Troubled Water
Margaret Bonds
Gyimah Labi
Barka
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Fred Onovwerosuoke
grade 8+
To Anacreon in the US
Anthony R. Green
Bluedream
Brittany J. Green
Halim El-Dabh
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Florence B. Price
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Humoresque No. 1
Oswald Russell
H. Leslie Adams
Ali Osman
Joshua Uzoigwe
Lettie Beckon Alston
Toru Takemitsu