Willamette Week: All Classical Portland Announces Its First-Ever Recording Inclusivity Initiative Album
By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week
All Classical Portland has announced that Navona Records and PARMA Recordings will release AMPLIFY, the first album in All Classical’s Inaugural Recording Diversity Initiative (RII), on Oct. 28. The organization has described RII as “a response to the classical music industry’s longtime need for greater diversity, with the purpose of increasing awareness and opportunity for previously marginalized artistic communities.”
“RII is one of the many ways All Classical Portland is working to increase representation in classical music and public radio,” stated Suzanne Nance, president and CEO of All Classical Portland, in a press release. “We strive to provide access to all, to reflect the diverse and creative communities we serve, and to promote joy and belonging in all that we do. Through RII, we have deepened our commitment to this mission.”
AMPLIFY will feature Jasmine Barnes, Keyla Orozco, Lauren McCall, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Mélanie Hélène Bonis. It will be the 1,000th release from PARMA Recordings.
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