Voices for change in the classical music profession : new ideas for tackling inequalities and exclusions / Anna Bull, Christina Scharff, and Laudan Nooshin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bull, Anna, 1980- author.

Scharff, Christina, author.

Nooshin, Laudan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in the music trade.

Social change.

Music trade--Social aspects.

Music trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Voices for Change in the Classical Music Profession lays the groundwork for empirically-founded, theoretically-informed, and practice-based approaches to tackling inequalities in the classical music profession.

Contents:

Cover Page

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

1. Class and Gender Inequalities in the Recruitment of Classical Musicians: Reflections on the Case of Italian Music Conservatoires

2. The Role of Music Conservatoires in the Making of Classical Music Careers

3. Social Inclusion in Contemporary British Conservatoires: Alumni Perspectives

4. Inside Looking In: Strategies to Counteract Misconduct in Artistic Teaching within Higher Music Education

5. (Un)settling Institutional Hegemony: Challenges of Diversity Strategies in the "Western" Classical Music Sector

6. "To Share Music with Children": The LA Phil and Neoliberal Philanthropy in Inglewood

7. A Critical Perspective on Diversity and Inclusion in US Classical Music Discourse

8. Staging a Loose Canon: Scripture, Tradition, and Embedded Exclusion in Opera Production

9. Disability Representation in Opera

10. Gender and Class: An Account of a Female Percussionist in the Classical Music Industry

11. Making Space for Disability and Music to Interact: An Interview with Composer Oliver Vibrans

12. Black on the Podium: An Interview with Conductor Brandon Keith Brown

13. Creolization, Mixing, and Plurality: An Interview with Composer Hannah Kendall

14. The New "Yellow Peril" in "Western" European Symphony Orchestras

15. Irreconcilable Senses of Belonging: Transnational Japanese Artists in the Quest for Authenticity in the World of Classical Music

16. [Re-​]training Classical Musicians Toward Polymusicality and Hybridization: An Interview with Jon Silpayamanant

17. Inclusion and Diversity in the Early Music Scene in the US: A Conversation with Patricia Ann Neely

18. On Leaving Classical Music: An Interview with Anthony Gray

19. (Dis)orient Yourself!: Disrupting White Ontologies in Classical Music.

20. Everyday Bridges: A View from the Field

21. Illuminating Women's Music: Exploring the Canonic Ethos behind the Illuminate Women's Music Concert Series

22. Changing Classical Music from the Inside: An Interview with Chi-​chi Nwanoku

23. (Un)Silencing Blacktivism in Opera: An Interview with Quodesia Johnson about the Letter to the Opera Field from Black Administrators

24. Reflecting on the Work of Gender Relations in New Music: Institutional Critique and Activist Strategies

25. Addressing Inequalities in the Music Industry before, during, and after COVID-​19: The Campaigning Work of the UK's Independent Society of Musicians

26. "A Community of 30,000 Musicians behind You": An Interview with John Shortell from the UK Musicians' Union

Afterword

Discussion Questions for Teachers, Students, Reading Groups, and Industry Leaders

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Bull, Anna Voices for Change in the Classical Music Profession

ISBN:

0-19-760125-1

0-19-760124-3

0-19-760123-5