In 2022, Colour of Music Festival was named one of South Arts’ Southern Cultural Treasures, which is a program made possible with support from the Ford Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.

The Colour of Music Festival Orchestra ushers in Black History month in a special events performance highlighting Charleston’s “father of Black contributions” to classical music, Edmund Thornton Jenkins.

The Colour of Music Festival, Inc. presents a diverse classical repertoire of baroque, classical and 20th-century music at the highest of musical standards to diverse audiences nationally.

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Aug 7, 2019 · Since 2013, the Colour of Music Festival has brought classically trained black musicians together to offer the public an opportunity to experience the talent of prodigiously gifted classical …

The Colour of Music Festival has been a nine-year dream in the making with its strategic goal to nurture and showcase the talents of Black classical musicians and composers throughout the U.S. and …

Jun 17, 2025 · The Colour of Music Festival archival recordings will be featured Tuesday, June 17, 2025 on ETV Radio’s Sonatas & Soundscapes from 11am - 1pm EST.

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