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Brandon Keith Brown

Brandon Keith Brown

Living the “White” Classical Life

Living the Classical Life, a show hosted by brilliant pianist Zsolt Bognár, features disproportionately white classical musicians. The…

5 min readDec 1, 2020

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Living the “White” Classical Life

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Brandon Keith Brown
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All the Black Dots

In Orchestral Programming, the Carpet Must Match the Drapes

In light of the Black Lives Matter movement in classical music, Orchestras must now hire Black conductors for programs with Black…

4 min readSep 28, 2020

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In Orchestral Programming, the Carpet Must Match the Drapes

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Brandon Keith Brown

It’s Time to Make Orchestras Great Again — By Making Them Blacker

The Covid-19 epidemic proves whites playing whites for whites isn’t a sustainable business model.

5 min readAug 3, 2020

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It’s Time to Make Orchestras Great Again — By Making Them Blacker

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Brandon Keith Brown
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All the Black Dots

Notes on Racism, and White Supremacy In Classical Music

James Baldwin said:

5 min readMay 31, 2020

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Notes on Racism, and White Supremacy In Classical Music

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Brandon Keith Brown
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All the Black Dots

Out of Quarters and the Music has Stopped

Classical musicians aren’t essential workers during the corona epidemic, and it’s rightfully killing us.

5 min readApr 19, 2020

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Out of Quarters and the Music has Stopped

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Brandon Keith Brown
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All the Black Dots

Do you like Chinese with your racism?

Cellist Bows Painful Notes of Racism and Hate

5 min readApr 13, 2020

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Do you like Chinese with your racism?

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Brandon Keith Brown

Black people don’t like talking about racism

Black Fragility and Meritocracy create Racism

4 min readApr 7, 2020

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Black people don’t like talking about racism

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Brandon Keith Brown

Deservingness in Classical Music

Many think Blacks don’t deserve to be in classical music, including us.

6 min readMar 13, 2020

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Deservingness in Classical Music

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Brandon Keith Brown

Take It From a Black Conductor: Classical Music Has a Real Problem

There’s a reason so few Black people go to the symphony

4 min readFeb 1, 2020

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Take It From a Black Conductor: Classical Music Has a Real Problem

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Brandon Keith Brown
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All the Black Dots

Implicit Bias in Classical Music

Black conductors face constant implicit racial bias.

8 min readNov 13, 2019

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Implicit Bias in Classical Music

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Brandon Keith Brown

Brandon Keith Brown

Prize-Winning Stick Waver/Slinger of Sounds| Speaker | Educator | ARTivist. Engineering Society from the Podium | http://ko-fi.com/maestrobkb

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