Bel Canto: Week 5 | Episode 240

IN THIS EPISODE JOIN US ON PATREON! https://patreon.com/ClassicallyBlackPodcast Follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/classicallyblack Donate to ISBM! https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/international-society-of-black-musicians Check out our website: https://www.isblackmusicians.com Join us for movie night on 8/4 at 7pm CT! Bel Canto is available for FREE on Tubi and Amazon Prime/Freevee Sphinx Virtuosi’s Debut Album, Songs for our Times https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/songs-for-our-times-sphinx-virtuosi-13034 Italian maestro fired for conducting blindfolded, in protest against opera’s ‘political’ staging https://www.classicfm.com/composers/puccini/conductor-la-boheme-blindfolded-fired/ Failure is Inevitable in Classical Music — How Do We Prepare Young Musicians? https://icareifyoulisten.com/2023/07/failure-is-inevitable-in-classical-music-how-do-we-prepare-young-musicians/ Nite Bjuti Documents the Breadth of Black Womanhood on Fully Improvised Debut Album https://icareifyoulisten.com/2023/07/nite-bjuti-documents-breadth-black-womanhood-fully-improvised-debut-album/ FROM LAST WEEK: Help Josh get insurance & get back on his feet https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-josh-jones-get-health-insurance?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_location=DASHBOARD&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer Josh’s website https://www.drummojo.com Help Emanuel attend Violin Making School https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-emanuel-attend-violin-making-school?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_location=FIRSTTIME&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer Black Excellence: Margaret Cookhorn https://www.margaretcookhorn.com/changethis Piece of the Week: Songs of the Seasons - Margaret Bonds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=capVO9pKqL4