Colour of Music Festival Blog

March 10, 2019March 10, 2019

COMF Honors Duke Ellington Co-Founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Blacks are noted pioneers in jazz, gospel and R&B, but classical music most assuredly belongs on that list! African-French composer...

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019

The Colour of Music Festival has partnered with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts which was established in 1974...

February 2, 2019February 9, 2019

CASOP: A Requiem For Rice orchestral debut for orchestra is a project three years in the making. Launched in 2016...

January 1, 2019January 10, 2019

The all-female virtuosi mezmerised audiences in Houston and Richmond in 2018. There is so much more to explore regarding black...

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

2018 was an amazing year for Colour of Music Festival. Presenting in four cities; Houston, Pittsburgh, Richmond and Charleston, is an...

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018

Patrons near and afar, THANK YOU for your support this season. You helped the Colour of Music Festival achieve something...