"I'm Looking for a Mentor: On Being an African-American in the Academy of Music" is a talk I gave as part of the Lancaster Bible College Alcuin Society November 2015 Symposium on Race in the Church and America. I spoke to an audience of students and staff members about my experience being an African-American studying and teaching music on college campuses.

I'm Looking For A Mentor (2015)

The cry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for freedom to ring from every corner of the United States reverberated in the composer as she first arranged "My Country 'Tis of Thee" for concerts in January 2016. The version for brass quintet was written for the Lancaster Bible College Veterans' Day concert in November 2016. The character of the piece ranges from sprightly to jazzy to majestic as each instrument has an opportunity to perform the melody.

My Country (2016)

For All: a concert for MLK 2017 included spoken word, spirituals and sing-alongs performed on January 15, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, PA. This improvisation on "Strange Fruit" is a lament for the similarities between unjustified killings of African-Americans by lynching and by police brutality.

Improvisation on Strange Fruit (2017)

Danza from 3 Danzones by Ignacio Cervantes, performed live at the VIVA Centre at Woodcrest Villa in Lancaster, PA on March 24, 2017

Cervantes: Danza in G minor (2017)

Live performance on April 1, 2017 of Plashes from Burning Bush Variations at the Music Marathon of the Women Composers Festival of Hartford

Burning Bush Variations

Plashes at WCFH (2017)

The Lancaster Bible College Chamber Singers performed the world premiere of "Lady Liberty's Request" took place on April 27, 2017 at The Trust Performing Arts Center.

Lady Liberty's Request (2017)

Song from Four Songs for Piano, Op. 6, No. 3 by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, performed live at Rock Hall, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA for the Sisterhood of Composer/Performers on October 29, 2017

Mendelssohn Hensel: Song, Op. 6, No. 3

world premiere of "Too Little for Thy Praise" on May 2, 2018 performed by the Lancaster Bible College Women's Chorus under the direction of Dr. Robert Bigley at the Good Shepherd Chapel on campus

Too Little For Thy Praise (2018)

composer, pianist, and teacher Krystal J. F. Grant uses diverse music to reckon with society's brokenness

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