Morning MingLe:
Doors at 9:00 Am
coffee & Bites
Summit agenda
Saturday, OCtober 5, 2024
telling our stories
10:00 am
Milestones and next steps
members of Black orchestral network Steering CommitteE
resonating change: advancing diversity, equity & inclusion in orchestras
jejuana brown, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, The Cleveland Orchestra
ugochi Onyeukwu, Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, New york philharmonic
Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe, Nashville Symphony, associate professor, cincinnati conservatory of music
celebrating black creative expression in classical music
Chi-chi Nwanoku, CBE, FRAM, HonFTL, Founder & Artistic Director of the Chineke! Foundation, bassist
anthony mcgill, international soloist, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic
LADY JEss, artistic director urban playground chamber orchestra, violinist
catered lunch
12:00pm
lifting our voices
1:15 pm
Inserting new notes; implementing modern contractual language in orchestras
Rochelle Skolnick, Director of symphonic services and special counsel, American Federation of Musicians
kenneth thompkins, Associate Professor of Trombone at the michigan state university college of music, retired principal trombone, detroit symphony orchestra
Weston sprott, Dean and Director of the Preparatory Division at The Juilliard School, trombonist, Metropolitan Opera orchestra
BLACK MUSIC SEEN LIVE: Black Cultural aesthetics in focus
dr. Richard desinord, Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Michigan State University College of Music
DR. Matthew Morrision, Associate Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
David Norville, Producer for New York Public Radio’s WQXR, oboist
theorizing african american music
christopher jenkins, Associate Dean for Academic Support, Liaison to the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, violist, oberlin college
cultivating community
4:00 pm
advocacy in action
anurima bhargava, founder and director, anthem of us
ahmmad brown, principal advisor, working ideal
shea scruggs, director of institutional research and musician experience/chief enrollment officer, curtis institute of music
ELEVATE & CELEBRATE: A TOAST
Happy hour
