Composers

An ever-expanding list of AMP’s featured composers and repertoire.
* Denotes pieces commissioned for AMP.

Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1945)
Repertoire: Azuretta (2000), Tightrope (2000), *Piano Broadsides (2023)

Talib Rasul Hakim (1940-1988)
Repertoire: Sound Gone (1967)

Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940-2022)
Repertoire: Dream and Variations (1974)

Nkeiru Okoye (b. 1972)
Repertoire: African Sketches (2003-2004)

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Repertoire: Scherzo (1973)

Mary D. Watkins (b. 1939)
Repertoire: Summer Days (2020)

H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932)
Repertoire: Piano Etudes Nos. 1-12 (1997-2007)

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Repertoire: Trio Sonata (1991), Sonata No.3 (2000), *Don Quixote (Quest) (2024)

Jeffrey Mumford (b. 1955)
Repertoire: Fragments from the Surrounding Evening (1985)

Jonathan Bailey Holland (b. 1974)
Repertoire: Two Part Inventions (1993), The Intimacy of Harmony (2013)

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989) Repertoire: Before I’d be a Slave (1953)

Shawn Okpebholo (b. 1981)
Repertoire: ψαλμοὶ καὶ ὕμνοι καὶ ᾠδαὶ πνευματικαί (2011)

Julia Perry (1924-1979)
Repertoire: Prelude for Piano (1973)

George Walker (1922-2018)
Repertoire: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 (1956), 4 (1984), 5 (2003), Spektra (1971), Guido’s Hand (1987)

Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1971)
Repertoire: I Need to Cry But Can’t (2017)

Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Repertoire: Piano 2 (1986)

Joyce Solomon Moorman (b. 1946)
Repertoire: A Summer Afternoon in South Carolina (1983), *When We Come (2024)

Chloe Clarke Smith (b. 2003)
Repertoire: The Forest (2013)

Mena Williams (b. 2002)
Repertoire: Modern Prelude & Minuet (2020)

Carolyn Yarnell (b. 1961)
Repertoire: The Same Sky

Hale Smith (1925-2009)
Repertoire: Evocation (1970)

Pamela Z (b. 1956)
Repertoire: Notice of Baggage Inspection (2007)