Videmus is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the promotion of concert works by African American, women and under-presented composers. Our vision is to provide access to marginalized composers through educational programming, performance opportunities, and scholarly research. We provide a vital service to our field by collaborating with other organizations to strengthen the diverse perspectives within our industry.

Our work is multifaceted and includes: 

  • Producing recordings, concerts, and conferences

  • Creating and hosting an annual competition 

  • Founding and maintaining a research database. 

  • Encouraging research and publication in scholarly books and journals

  • Creating musical editions for publication. 

Videmus Inc. Publishes
Julia Perry’s 
Previously Unavailable
Catalog of Music

Through New Relationship with Boosey & Hawkes

News • December 2024

NEW YORK, NY (December 5, 2024) – Videmus Inc. announced today that through a new relationship with Boosey & Hawkes, one of the world’s leading classical music publishers, it will make available the previously unpublished music of composer Julia Perry, whose work fell into obscurity after her death in 1979 and is only now beginning to receive the attention it has so richly deserved. Directed by Dr. Louise Toppin, Videmus is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the promotion of concert works by African American, women, and under-presented composers, providing access to the work of marginalized composers through educational programming, performance opportunities, and scholarly research. In 2024, Julia Perry’s centennial year, the Estate of Julia A. Perry assigned all copyrights for Herb and sq as go to pool pool unpublished work to Videmus Inc. Perry’s music is also currently GRAMMY-nominated for the first time, as part of the American Counterpoints album from Experiential Orchestra, music director James Blachly, and violinist Curtis Stewart.

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Julia Perry (Photo: Rider University Libraries’ Julia A. Perry Collection)

Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts

Louise Toppin, Darryl Taylor and Alastair Edmonstone

Album release on 2/7/25. Presale available now.