#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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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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L. Viola Kinney (Arr. K. Arku)
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Halik El-Dabh
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Ella Scats the Little Lamb
Valerie Capers
pieces
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
Hale Smith
grade 4
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)
Valerie Capers
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Waltz for Miles
Valerie Capers
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Ulysses Kay
Nkeiru Okoye
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Hale Smith
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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Valerie Capers
Mr. Satchmo
Valerie Capers
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Cancion de la Havana
Valerie Capers
Breeze
Toru Takemitsu
Florence B. Price
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 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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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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Fred Onovwerosuoke
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Fred Onovwerosuoke
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Christian Onyeji
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Nathaniel Dett
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Howard Swanson
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Prelude No. 2 'Poor Mourner's Got a Home'
Wallace M. Cheatham
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Christian Onyeji
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John W. Work III
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J.H. Kwabena Nketia
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Joshua Uzoigwe
Ulysses Kay
Prelude No. 1 'Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho
'Wallace M. Cheatham
Amadeo Roldan y Gardes
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Florence B. Price
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Akin Euba
Igbá Kìnní - Akèrè gbè Baba Emu
Akin Euba
Halim El-Dabh
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Halim El-Dabh
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J. H. Kwabena Nketia
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Betty Jackson King
grade 7
Le garçon qui passe (from Portraits for piano)
Brittany J. Green
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Julian Joseph
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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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Duke Ellington
Scott Joplin
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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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Fred Onovwerosuoke
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Fred Onovwerosuoke
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Fred Onovwerosuoke
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Agbadza
Fred Onovwerosuoke
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If the Silver Bird Could Speak
Eleanor Alberga
Ludovic Lamothe
R. Nathaniel Dett
Oswald Russell
Florence B. Price
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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Diana Arismendi
Prelude
George Walker
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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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Wallace M. Cheatham
Scenes from Traditional Life No. 1
Akin Euba
Ed Bland
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Tania Leon
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Errollyn Wallen
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Julia Perry
Caprice
George Walker
Joshua Uzoigwe
Troubled Water
Margaret Bonds
Gyimah Labi
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Barka
Fred Onovwerosuoke
Fred Onovwerosuoke
grade 8+
To Anacreon in the US
Anthony R. Green
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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