Music by Black Composers’ Repertoire Specialists are volunteer experts who help with content for our published repertoire volumes (collecting repertoire, determining skill level, recommending modifications, making arrangements/adaptations, adding fingerings and bowings, making recordings) and collect data for our online Repertoire Directories.
To volunteer as a Repertoire Specialist, please email us at editor@musicbyblackcomposers.com.
Violin Specialist
Rachel Barton Pine
- Music by Black Composers (MBC) Executive Editor & Music Editor
- Rachel Barton Pine Foundation President/Founder
- Concert violinist
- Recording artist
Viola Specialists
Tyler Hendrickson, D.M.A.
- Faculty, Preucil School of Music
- Instructor, Schultz Strings
- Registered Suzuki Teacher
Juliet White-Smith, D.M.A.
- Professor of Music/Viola, Ohio State University
- Artist-Faculty, Brevard Music Festival
- Yamaha Certified String Educator
- Former Faculty, University of Northern Colorado
- Former Faculty, Western Michigan University
Cello Specialist
Timothy Holley, D.M.A.
- Associate Professor of Music, North Carolina Central University
- Repertoire consultant, Cello and Chamber Music of African American Composers
- North Carolina Chamber Music Institute
- Cellist, Gateways Music Festival Orchestra
Corbin Keep
- Multigenre cellist
String Quartet Specialist
Seth Pae
- Violist
- Project Inclusion Fellow, Chicago Sinfonietta
- Student Mentor, Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative
- Teaching Artist, Chicago Arts and Music Project
Flute Specialists
Sabrina Hu, D.M.A.
- Faculty, Phoenix College
- Professional Flutist
- Artistic Director, Walled City Music Festival
- Former Director of Operations, PRIZM Ensemble
Jennifer Kennard, D.M.A.
- Faculty, Concordia University, St. Paul
- National Flute Association Special Publications Committee, Chair
- Professional Flutist
- Pedagogy Specialist
Brice Smith, D.M.A.
- Flute Professor, Adams State University
- Principal Flute, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra
- Trevor James Alto Flute Artist
- Flute Recording Artist
- National Flute Association Low Flutes Committee
Clarinet Specialist
Wesley Rhodes
- Clarinetist
- MM Candidate, University of Kansas
- New Music Advocate
Wind Band Specialist
Tyler Simpson Pouncéy
- Undergraduate Music Education Student, University of Michigan
- Euphonium Player
