{"id":106340,"date":"2022-09-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=106340"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:01:58","slug":"wweek-recording-inclusivity-initiative-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wweek-recording-inclusivity-initiative-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Willamette Week: All Classical Portland Announces Its First-Ever Recording Inclusivity Initiative Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AMPLIFY_spotlight22.png\" alt=\"Cd Cover for Amplify\" class=\"wp-image-86378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AMPLIFY_spotlight22.png 600w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AMPLIFY_spotlight22-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AMPLIFY_spotlight22-425x319.png 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p><em>By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Classical Portland has announced that Navona Records and PARMA Recordings will release AMPLIFY, the first album in All Classical\u2019s Inaugural Recording Diversity Initiative (RII), on Oct. 28. The organization has described RII as \u201ca response to the classical music industry\u2019s longtime need for greater diversity, with the purpose of increasing awareness and opportunity for previously marginalized artistic communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRII is one of the many ways All Classical Portland is working to increase representation in classical music and public radio,\u201d stated Suzanne Nance, president and CEO of All Classical Portland, in a press release. \u201cWe strive to provide access to all, to reflect the diverse and creative communities we serve, and to promote joy and belonging in all that we do. Through RII, we have deepened our commitment to this mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AMPLIFY will feature Jasmine Barnes, Keyla Orozco, Lauren McCall, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and M\u00e9lanie H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Bonis. It will be the 1,000th release from PARMA Recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/music\/2022\/09\/20\/all-classical-portland-announces-its-first-ever-recording-inclusivity-initiative-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wweek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>By Bennett Campbell Ferguson for Willamette Week<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAll Classical Portland has announced that Navona Records and PARMA Recordings will release AMPLIFY, the first album in All Classical\u2019s Inaugural Recording Diversity Initiative (RII), on Oct. 28. The organization has described RII as \u201ca response to the classical music industry\u2019s longtime need for greater diversity, with the purpose of increasing awareness and opportunity for previously marginalized artistic communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":86378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4084,4095,4996],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-classical-radio","category-contemporary","category-press-coverage"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-12-01 11:45:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106341,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106340\/revisions\/106341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}