“Afrofuturism, by Shanyse Strickland (1991), is a piece Theresa May commissioned in 2021 and is written for solo trumpet with pedal effects and piano accompaniment. From the beginning of the piece which calls upon the ancestors with unaccompanied trumpet, to the middle section which dances in a groove to the beat of the African Diaspora, to the finale which ends in the spoken words “Black lives will exist in the future”, Afrofuturism elicits stories of Blackness and embodies May's personal style, creativity and aesthetic while highlighting Black women.”