“Dr. Quinton Morris, a gifted concert violinist and chamber musician, started playing his instrument as a child,” writes Angela Poe Russell in Tuesday’s (8/17) KING-TV (Seattle). “Over time, he noticed a pattern. ‘I’ve always been the only Black person or person of color in many performance spaces that I’ve been in,’ said Morris. As an adult, Morris set out to change that…. Morris founded the non-profit Key to Change [violin and viola studio] to offer under-served youth world-class music instruction [and] is now the host of ‘Unmute the Voices’—a monthly radio show on the classical station KING FM. It celebrates BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) artistry in classical music by highlighting compositions and performances by BIPOC artists. KING FM’s CEO Brenda Barnes said it was the death of George Floyd that sparked the conversations that led to ‘Unmute the Voices.’ ‘All of us in the arts … are in a field with 100 years of exclusion. It’s just not acceptable to go on in that mode any longer,’ said Barnes. ‘Unmute the Voices’ airs every third Saturday…. KING FM … also launched a video series to share the stories behind the artists featured.”
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