Orchestral Diversity

The musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra have been working hard for years to address issues of systemic racism and working to increase opportunity and diversity within the orchestral world. (Check out our latest efforts here.) As we all continue to learn, discuss, and implement plans, here are some links to interesting articles on the subject.

Washington Post: Ford Foundation fund to award an unprecedented $160 million to minority arts groups

​NYTimes: Anthony McGill, ‘Citizen Musician,’ Wins $100,000 Award

New Yorker: Black Scholars Confront White Supremacy in Classical Music

Sarasota Magazine: Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot on Overcoming Racism in Classical Music

NYTimes: Musicians on How to Bring Racial Equity to Auditions

Norman Lebrecht: Shop Talk Last Call: Board Diversity

NYTimes: Is New York’s Arts Diversity Plan Working? It’s Hard to Tell

NYTimes: Has the Detroit Institute of Arts Lost Touch With Its Home Town?

Grammy.com: "The 'Canon' Is Racist": How A Collective Of Black Musicians Are Exposing Racism In The Classical Music Community

Norman Lebrecht: Cincinatti Symphony Appoints a Chief Diversity Officer

San Francisco Symphony and Conservatory Launch Program to Commission Black Composers

Norman Lebrecht: Music schools are faced with BLM demands

Chicago Sun Times: Six artists of color make their mark in classical music

Inquirer: 'A Pretty Bleak Picture': Philadelphia Museum of Art workplace assessment
Inquirer: Art Museum Workers Unionize

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Orchestral auditions should be more 'blind,' not less

OperaWire: Morris Robinson on racism in opera

NYTimes: End Blind Auditions

Norman Lebrecht: Why Auditions Fail (And the NY Times is So Wrong)

Aaron Flagg: Anti-Black Discrimination in American Orchestras

​Leonard Slatkin: On Diversity