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#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. 

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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.

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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. 

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Thanks for submitting! Kamilla will be in touch shortly. 

  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)

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Call of Duty WWII: A Brotherhood of Heroes

Wilbert Roget II (arr. K. Arku)

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Summer on the Fjord

Kamilla Arku

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Snap Hello!

Kamilla Arku

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Theme from 'Troubled Water'

Margaret Bonds (arr. K. Arku)

grade 1

Baby Zo-Zan

Kaoru Wada

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Portrait of Leonore (in A minor)

Brian Kim

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Lara's Theme (from Tomb Raider)

Wilbert Roget II (arr. K. Arku)

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The People Could Fly

Alice H. Jones

grade 2

Allegro from Siete Piezas Para Piano (arr. K. Arku)

Blas Galindo

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I Jweli Ke Maai Ne (Show Your Love)

Reuben Henry (K. Arku)

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Mother's Sacrifice

L. Viola Kinney (Arr. K. Arku)

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Soufiane

Halik El-Dabh

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Ella Scats the Little Lamb

Valerie Capers

pieces

Beginner
Grade 1
Grade 2

Grade 3

Portrait of Leonore (in G minor)

Brian Kim

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We Real Cool: piano etude #4

Regina Harris Baiocchi

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Passiflora

Yuji Takahashi

 

My Scarf is Yellow

Hale Smith

Grade 3

grade 4

The Monk

Valerie Capers

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HB4A

Regina Harris Baiocchi

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Kagayaki, Op.26 No.2

Sakri Abe (arr. K. Arku)

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The Entertainer

Scott Joplin (arr. Vaitzman Or)

 

Blues for the Duke

Valerie Capers

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Waltz for Miles

Valerie Capers

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Tender Thought

Ulysses Kay

 

Dusk

Nkeiru Okoye

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Off-Beat Shorty

Hale Smith

Grade 4

grade 5

La femme complexe (from Portraits for piano)

Brittany J. Green

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The Weeping Willow Rag

Scott Joplin

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Udje

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Ayevwiomo Dance no. 2

Fred Onovwerosuoke

 

Tunis

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Billie's Song

Valerie Capers

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Sweet Mister Jelly Roll 

Valerie Capers

 

Mr. Satchmo

Valerie Capers

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Cancion de la Havana

Valerie Capers

 

Breeze

Toru Takemitsu

 

Ticklin' Toes

Florence B. Price

 

Dancing Barefoot in the Rain

Nkeiru Okoye
 

Rippling Spring Waltz

Estelle D. Ricketts

 

Lullaby

Bangambula Vindu

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Lament in Tremelo Form

Laurindo Almeida

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Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response

Robert Mawuena Kwami

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Cuban Liberty March

Anna Gardner Goodwin

Grade 5

grade 6

​​Miss Simmons

Julian Joseph (arr. Michael Csanyi-Wills)

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La fille dans les nuages (from Portraits for piano)

Brittany J. Green

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La mère dans le marché (from Portraits for piano)

Brittany J. Green

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Deep as the Sky

Juhi Bansal

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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

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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

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Pende

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Ayevwiomo Dance 1

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Ufie III

Christian Onyeji

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Honey

Nathaniel Dett

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The Cuckoo

Howard Swanson

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Prelude No. 2 'Poor Mourner's Got a Home'

Wallace M. Cheatham

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Oga

Christian Onyeji

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At a Certain Church

John W. Work III

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Volta Fantasy

J.H. Kwabena Nketia

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Nigerian Dance No. 1

Joshua Uzoigwe

 

Invention No. 2

Ulysses Kay

 

Prelude No. 1 'Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho

'Wallace M. Cheatham

 

Preludio Cubano

Amadeo Roldan y Gardes

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Silk Hat and Walking Cane

Florence B. Price

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Igbá Kerin - Àwon Abàmi Eye

Akin Euba

 

Igbá Kìnní - Akèrè gbè Baba Emu

Akin Euba

 

Basseet

Halim El-Dabh

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Nim Nawakht

Halim El-Dabh

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Builsa Work Song

J. H. Kwabena Nketia

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Spring Intermezzo

Betty Jackson King

Grade 6

grade 7

Le garçon qui passe (from Portraits for piano)

Brittany J. Green

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My Lovely

Julian Joseph

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Travels

Juhi Bansal

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Deep River (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)

Samuel

Coleridge-Taylor

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They Will Not Lend Me A Child/ A ba boleki nwana (from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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The Single Petal of a Rose

Duke Ellington

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The Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin 

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Chained Hands in Prayer

Yuji Takahashi

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Moving Shadows Under Water

Yuji Takahashi

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Night Music

Yuji Takahashi

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Revelation from the Sea (any movement)

Yuji Takahashi

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Before Dawn (any movement)

Yuji Takahashi

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Okoye

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Ayevwiomo Dance 3

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Mother Earth

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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Agbadza

Fred Onovwerosuoke

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If the Silver Bird Could Speak

Eleanor Alberga

 

La Dangereuse

Ludovic Lamothe

 

Juba Dance

R. Nathaniel Dett

 

Jamaican Dance No. 2

Oswald Russell

 

Nimble Feet

Florence B. Price

 

Papillons

Oswald Russell

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Variations on an Egyptian Folksong

Gamal Abdel-Rahim

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Flowers in the Sand

Bongani Ndodana-Breen

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Für Elena

Diana Arismendi

 

Prelude

George Walker

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Grade 7

grade 8

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​Oren

Julian Joseph

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Dispersed Calligraphy

Yuji Takahashi

 

Bachiana Afroasiatica

Yuji Takahashi

 

kerokero kororo (graphic score)

Yuji Takahashi

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Flowers in the Sand: After the First Rain

Bongani Ndodana-Breen

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Prelude No. 3: Didn't It Rain

Wallace M. Cheatham

 

Scenes from Traditional Life No. 1

Akin Euba

 

Cell Fone Blues

Ed Bland

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Tumbao

Tania Leon

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I wouldn't normally say

Errollyn Wallen

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Prelude for Piano

Julia Perry

 

Caprice

George Walker

 

Ukom

Joshua Uzoigwe

 

Troubled Water

Margaret Bonds

 

The Lotus

Gyimah Labi

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Barka

Fred Onovwerosuoke

 

Raging River Dance

Fred Onovwerosuoke

Grade 8

grade 8+

To Anacreon in the US

Anthony R. Green

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Bluedream

Brittany J. Green

 

Coma Dance

Halim El-Dabh

 

Toccata

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

 

Fantasie Negre

Florence B. Price

 

The Bamboula

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

 

Humoresque No. 1

Oswald Russell

 

Etude in C-sharp Minor

H. Leslie Adams

 

Afro Arab Blues

Ali Osman

 

Egwu Amala

Joshua Uzoigwe

 

Rhapsody No. 4

Lettie Beckon Alston

 

Rain Tree Sketch II

Toru Takemitsu

Grade 8+
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