Youth Engagement – Chapter 4: Broadening Opportunity
In this section: Creating Pathways to Conservatory and Leadership Training
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.
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The Orchestra Repertoire Report from the Institute for Composer Diversity, produced in partnership with the League of American Orchestras, examines the programming of BIPOC, women, non-binary and living composers by U.S. orchestras.
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Two researchers from Slover Linett at NORC, Dr. Tanya Treptow and Dr. Michelle Ernst, shared key findings from their recent in-depth study, sponsored by Classical KING FM, identifying actions the classical music sector can take to engage potential new audience members of color. Three leaders and changemakers—Dr. Mieko Hatano, Jennifer Arnold, and Emilio Alvarez—reflected on the findings and have a candid conversation about how to create a more inclusive experience for orchestra audiences.
For orchestras to build vibrant and sustainable futures, we must grow our communities of engagement and support. Traditional tools for achieving this include audience development, artistic planning, community engagement, civic engagement, fundraising, and education. At their core, these tools all contribute to the aspirational goal of meaning more to more people and they are most powerful when used in combination.