JANUARY: World Voices
Diverse vocal and choral music from across the globe.
WEEK 65 | JAN 19 2026
World Voices — Embroidered Verses, Kareem Roustom (2015)
The Grinnell Singers and Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble performed “Embroidered Verses,” commissioned for the Crossing Choir, featuring four Arabic Andalusian poems. Composer Kareem Roustom, an Emmy nominee, combines Near Eastern musical traditions with Western influences, receiving global acclaim for his compositions.
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Reflecting the World’s Diversity in Music
Our mission is to spread music education as well as representation of diverse composers in a variety of genres, mainly classical and instrumental. We firmly believe music should be as diverse as the world around it.
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HIDDEN COMPOsers in numbers
65
composers
6
continents
37
countries
- Unsuk Chin
- Connor Chee
- Zenobia Powell Perry
- Margaret Bonds
- Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
- Takashi Yoshimatsu
- Rebecca Clarke
- Valerie Coleman
- Itaru Sakai
- Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Li Huanzhi
- Carlos Guastavino
- Teresa Carreño
- Silvestre Revueltas
- Francisco Mignone
- Ignatius Sancho
- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- George Bridgetower
- José White Lafitte
- Brent Michael Davids
- Brenda Gifford
- Gillian Whitehead
- Andrew Balfour
- Theodoro Valcárcel
- Lili Boulanger
- Florence Price
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl
- Betty Jackson King
- Nilo Alcala
- Liliuokalani
- Wei-Chieh Lin
- Reena Esmail
- Ethel Smyth
- Henriëtte Bosmans
- Hubert du Plessis
- Miguel del Aguila
- Frederick May
- J.H. Kwabena Nketia
- Christian Onyeji
- Justinian Tamusuza
- Akira Yuyama
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
- Scott Joplin
- Christopher Muscat
- Eleanor Alberga
- Vasco Martins
- Darwin Aquino
- Zechariah Goh
- Imogen Holst
- Thea Musgrave
- Lu Wencheng
- Astor Piazzolla
- Behzad Ranjbaran
- Layale Chaker
- Undine Smith Moore
- Stacy Garrop
- Grace Williams
- Helena Munktell
- María Sigfúsdóttir
- Karen Tanaka
- Missy Mazzoli
- Narasimha Mehta
- Kaija Saariaho
- Kareem Roustom