multibeautiful

Rashida Naomi Black is a harpist and founder of the Myrtle Hart society, which “illuminates the accomplishments of classical musicians of colour”. The web site, which inspired this week's theme, includes a large database of modern classical musicians, although many of the links are broken. Myrtle Hart was herself a harpist at a time - the late 1800s - when such a career was outlandish for a person of colour. Rashida Black teaches harp at the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute in Chicago.



[My apologies for the wonky posting schedule this week. This is what I get for only prepping three of them at the weekend. It will not happen next week, as they’re all ready!]