Jazz artist and composer Terence Blanchard never thought his work would be performed on the Metropolitan Opera Stage. Adapted from Charles M. Blow’s memoir of the same name, Blanchard’s opera “Fire ...
In 2014, a study found that only 1.4% of orchestra musicians were Black. In 2022, it's hard to know if that number is better or worse. Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras ...
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Classical music has a diversity problem and unfortunately, everyone in the industry knows it. The difference is, someone actually decided to do something about it. That someone is Jason Ikeem Rodgers.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / January 23, 2025 / The Black Orchestral Network (BON) proudly highlights the creation of the Model Standards and Procedures for Probationary Periods, developed in ...
A few years ago, musician Ric’key Pageot was driving down Highland Avenue in the late afternoon when the Hollywood Bowl marquee caught his eye. The blocky, black letters were advertising a performance ...
In 2014, the League of American Orchestras, a service organization representing professional and amateur symphony orchestras around the United States, published a study on diversity and found that ...
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