Hearing in Color is a Chicago-based organization dedicated to sharing music, stories, and composers, that have been historically excluded from musical spaces, with its community.
Our productions underscore the work of artists who are overlooked in mediums where White-centered experiences are the default.
Hearing in Color believes in the power of music to build community, to bring comfort, to embolden, and to inspire in the face of subjugation and oppression. Hearing in Color believes that gatekeeping has appropriated perspectives and stories of specific lived experiences. By sharing space with those most deeply affected, we are able to present stories grounded in truth.
