Dallas and Fort Worth symphony orchestras are among those addressing the racial disparity.
, which has one Latino musician and two Black musicians. Both orchestras employ more Asian and Asian American musicians, with 14 at the Dallas Symphony and 11 at the Fort Worth Symphony.
Orchestras agree they need to better reflect the communities they serve so that more audiences — especially those historically underrepresented in concert halls — will feel welcome. The fellowship has placed one to two musicians in the orchestra for two-year stints. Of the 20 total fellows, two joined the Detroit Symphony — one of the 25 biggest budget orchestras in America — as full-time members.
Still, fellowships at U.S. orchestras haven’t made a significant impact on the racial diversity of full-time orchestral musicians.concluded that fellowships “are not, in and of themselves, a solution to the persistent racial homogeneity of orchestras.” Of the 94 fellows for whom data was available, 39 played in orchestras — though not all were full time — 16 were soloists, freelancers or orchestra substitutes and 16 were teachers, the study found.
“We should not persist as racially non-diverse organizations,” he says. “That’s not healthy. For our own sake, we need to fix it.”In the 1970s and 1980s, orchestras across the country began holding “blind” auditions to address a lack of gender and racial diversity. They used a screen to separate candidates from the audition committee.
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