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Classical Music

2naSalit

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9. During my time...

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2024, 05:08 PM

Jan 2024

Ten years, in classical performance, I rarely saw a person of color in the chorale or the symphony, and I was right there in the crowd on stage. Sometimes I was the person of color and that's how it went.

In a social system that has been historically racist from its origin, it's hard to break into the realm if you're an "other".

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Why are there so few black people in classical music? [View all] Jeebo Jan 2024 OP

I'm sorry to say that a lot of the orchestras in Europe are intensely conservative. Aristus Jan 2024 #1

Somewhere on YouTube ... Jeebo Jan 2024 #8

Propably because of non-interest. brush Jan 2024 #2

Non-interest on whose part? Jeebo Jan 2024 #5

I think that response that details the conservative nature of European ochestras is exactly right. Old orchestras with. RussellCattle Jan 2024 #3

Please listen to programs by Lara Downes on KUSC from 8pm to 12 pm (Pacific) usonian Jan 2024 #4

The St. Louis Opera Theatre did Treemonisha. Jeebo Jan 2024 #12

I am not going to list the top 10, or 15 or 25 great black singers. There are so many. usonian Jan 2024 #15

Wow. I was today years old when i learned... Beartracks Jan 2024 #13

I knew that at around age six, the first time I listened to the soundtrack to the film "The Sting". Aristus Jan 2024 #17

My goodness, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake and others dominated ragtime. usonian Jan 2024 #18

Music lessons and instruments are expensive; anyone who wants to play Ocelot II Jan 2024 #6

Check out Barbara Hendricks tetedur Jan 2024 #7

Thanks for sharing that, but ... Jeebo Jan 2024 #11

During my time... 2naSalit Jan 2024 #9

I haven't paid a lot of attention to orchestras, though I think in the US they are mostly white with a few Asians. Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #10

A lot of public schools have cut their music programs. no_hypocrisy Jan 2024 #14

good question, and hopefully it will get turned around soon... bahboo Jan 2024 #16

Check out the Detroit Symphony Orchestra bif Jan 2024 #19

P.S. Mahler's 2nd is one of my faves as well! bif Jan 2024 #20

I have attended four live performances of that symphony. Jeebo Jan 2024 #21

There's so much going on here, and people have already mentioned some of the barriers... CBHagman Feb 2024 #22