U.S. Orchestras Gradually Diversify but Are Slow to Hire Black Musicians
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 17, 2023
Since the nationwide protests over social injustice in 2020, orchestras have accelerated efforts to promote inclusivity. They have programmed more works by women and people of color, trying to broaden their appeal beyond a canon of music traditionally dominated by white, male composers. And they have hired more staff members from underrepresented groups (people of color now make up about 23 percent of orchestra staff, up from about 15 percent a decade earlier, the . . .
