We have received a message from the orchestra to applicants, making it clear that their racial and ethnic identity will be taken into consideration when selecting those who are suitable to play in the orchestra.
Can’t think where we last saw an orchestral audition process based on racial selection.
Here’s what the orchestra needs to know before they let you in:
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The American video artist who work was central to Peter Sellars’ and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s celebrated 2004 Tristan und Isolde, has died of Alzheimers complications aged 73. He started out as a student of the John […]
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We have been notified of the death from cancer of Matthew Best, the renowned bass singer and conductor of numerous ensembles. Matthew, who was 68, founded the Corydon Singers in 1973 and was a regular […]
