Guides: Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) musicians: Repertoire for specific instruments and ensembles

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Diverse Composers of Wind Band Music
- List of works for wind instruments and wind instrument ensembles organized in 3 separate tabs (women composers, composers of colour, LGBTQIA+ composers); includes links to composers' websites
- Repertoire list also available through …and we were heard
Diverse Composers on State Band Lists
- Works on state band adjudication lists, organized by state
- Repertoire list also available through …and we were heard
Institute for Composer Diversity
- Discover works by women, non-binary, Black, Latinx/Latin American, East Asian, West Asian/North African, South Asian, Southeast Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native composers
- Wind Band Database can be searched for wind ensemble music in various difficulty and grade levels
The Wind Repertory Project
- Comprehensive and crowd-sourced wiki of wind band repertoire
- Provides composer category filters including female composers, African American composers, LGBTQ composers, and composers of different international origins

Guitar Music by Black Composers
Repertoire for Classical Guitar
- Repertoire list from Music by Black Composers

Diverse Composers of Orchestral Music
- List of works for string, chamber, and full orchestra, organized into different tabs (women composers, composers of colour)
- Repertoire list from …and we were heard

Organ Works by Composers from Africa and the African Diaspora
- Compiled by Calvert Johnson in 2013
A Seat at the Piano: Promoting Inclusion in Piano Repertoire (ASAPiano)
- List includes information about level of difficulty and duration of the piece
- See also A Seat at the Piano website
Repertoire for Solo Piano
- Repertoire list from Music by Black Composers
Sonic Crossroads
- Features Turkish piano music

Percussion Arts Society Diversity Alliance Diverse Composer Meta-DATABASE
- Provides links to various repertoire resources for diverse percussion music

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
- With support from the National Fund for Culture and Arts of Mexico, their Virtual Library provides the public with a substantial amount of Latin American works for string quartet, in PDF format
Repertoire for Violin and Orchestra
Repertoire for Unaccompanied Solo Violin
- Repertoire lists from Music by Black Composers
Sphinx Catalog of Latin-American Cello Works
- Repertoire list from Sphinx
Underrepresented Composer Database - repertoire for viola
- Database hosted by the American Viola Society

Choral music of Black composers
- List can be filtered by voicing and accompaniment
- Repertoire list from Beyond Elijah Rock: The Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers
- Website also provides link to Downloadable list of 31 Black Choral Composers
McGill Database of Choral Music by BIPOC Composers
- Google spreadsheet of more than 2,000 choral works by BIPOC composers
SongHelix
- Online tool to discover art song repertoire (standard and contemporary)
- Includes search filters for gender identity, ethnicity, race, and language

Bassoon repertoire by Black composers
Clarinet repertoire by Black composers
- Spotlight lists from Institute for Composer Diversity
Flute repertoire by Black composers
No Broken Links
- Highlights solo and chamber music that includes flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, and/or horn (in any instrumental combination) by composers from communities who continue to face marginalization in the field of classical music and new music
Oboe repertoire by Black composers
Saxophone repertoire by Black composers
- Spotlight lists from Institute for Composer Diversity
Woodwind Music by BIPOC Composers
Woodwind Quintet Music by Latin American Composers
- Working document of woodwind quintets, organized by country

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