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There are three key reasons why youth engagement is central to the future of orchestras.

In this section: Fostering Inclusion, Student-Centered Teaching, and Teaching Artists

In this section: Empowering Youth Voices, Creative Youth Development, and Youth Councils

Programs that center youth creativity and build youth agency can help students cope in healthy ways and flourish despite their challenges.

In this section: Creating Pathways to Conservatory and Leadership Training

Gaining the trust of local young people, learning about their needs, and responding to their interests with relevant programmatic offerings is work that is often best achieved in partnership with schools and other youth-serving organizations.

When it comes to youth engagement as a form of inclusion, signs of success are often subjective.

Engaging with Gen Z requires new modes of communication and new ways of thinking about building relationships.

Youth engagement is essential to audience experience, audience development, equitable community engagement, talent recruitment, and strategic planning, as well as learning.