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worry that keeping major donors comfortable is a higher priority than elevating people of color to the leadership of your organization who will speak directly and honestly about power and equity while challenging others to do the same? Have you ever assumed a man might have to be paid more than a woman even though she
has the same background and is doing comparable work? Do you use your unpaid internship as a path to hiring for your organization and have trouble finding diverse candidates? These examples point to complex and messy problems that can't be solved by doing a single training. You can't lose your bias by taking a pill or checking some boxes. So what do you do?
Some examples of powerful tools that can help us all to move forward, that anyone can try: Get in the habit of questioning
assumptions when gender, race, class and other identities may be relevant. Try being explicit, specific and honest when you articulate why you feel the way you do when gender, race and class may be relevant. Pay attention to power dynamics, and see where you can make space to listen more deeply to, support and lift up voices
that aren't usually heard. These are important steps that will open doors to more choices and opportunities for action.
NPR recently called out
the Chicago Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra for planning seasons without programming women composers. Most classical
institutions don't think to program black composers outside the month of February. The classical field has blind spots to compensate for, and serious change means committing to building new muscle that most classical organizations don't have. As the sector grapples with how
to support change, we're seeing more new tools and resources
being built that can help. It's easy to get a sense of that landscape by searching online for things like "living woman composer" or "living black composer." The results today versus one year ago or five years ago are quite different, and that speaks to the progress some of the field is starting to make.
FAVORITE COMPOSER: Here are some things I’m excited about. I once encountered Sarah Kirkland Snider’s music and found it stunning. I heard Mazz Swift’s Invisible recently and was moved by it. I am super curious about Paul Pinto’s Thomas Paine in Violence; I heard it was amazing.

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
SHOWCASING SATURDAY JAN. 11 @ 10:30 PM The Cutting Room, 44 E. 32nd St, New York, NY
Visit us at Booth #242 Rhinelander
www.panzyler.com 609.634.5998 Kathy Wagner kwagner@panzyler.com
Kasim Sulton
Rik Emmett
The Weeklings-Beatles & Originals
33 1/3 Live’s Killer Queen Experience
Unforgettable Fire-U2 Tribute
Hollywood Nights-The Bob Seger Experience
Tom Sharpe
The Michael Weber Show
Southern Accents Tom Petty Tribute
Invincible-Pat Benatar Tribute
Hank Linderman
Williams Honor
Porter Carroll, Jr.
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