The Eastman Case Studies:
Inclusive Practices

The Philadelphia-based ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir wove social justice issues into its original mission. With its start coinciding with the social revolutions of the 1970s, the choir performs works by and about women and became the first and longest-running feminist choir in the nation. However, recent social movements prompted the choir to question its internal structures to become more gender inclusive.

Discover the history of the Los Angeles-based professional ensemble Tonality, a diverse group of singers committed to presenting issues of social justice through the choral art. Recommend a strategy for touring in light of the organization’s bold mission.

Witness the development of an advisory council at the Regina Symphony Orchestra, specially established to build trust and meaningful engagement through music with a large Indigenous community in southern Saskatchewan.

Examine the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra’s involvement with Native American communities and propose steps for expanding community programming amid internal conversations on equity, diversity, and inclusion.  In partnership with League of American Orchestras

 

Understand and apply basic concepts of cultural humility as it concerns Buffalo String Works, a music academy that serves refugee and immigrant families.

Evaluate the success of an inaugural convention focused on growing and sustaining minority representation in the field of classical music.