Serendipity kicks off Black History Month with symposium and concert
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LEICESTER, England The Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage will launch UK Black History Month on October 1 with a symposium and concert examining the place of black artistes and composers within classical music. The Black Classics Symposium will begin at 2 p.m. at the institute’s headquarters on Bowling Green Street in Leicester. The event will bring together composers, artistic directors, scholars and musicians to discuss how the classical music canon has been shaped, whom it serv