Curating Black Musical History with Dwandalyn Reece

Sound Expertise by Will Robin

Aug 15, 202343:40Music

In curating music and the performing arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Dwandalyn Reece has one of the most important jobs one can have as a music scholar: providing a fram...

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