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Presented by Aaron P. Dworkin, Founder and President

Randall Goosby, age 13

Winning Performance of the 2010 Sphinx Competition

With the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Anthony Elliott

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Pic of Hershey parents and bro

Pic of Hershey parents and bro

Pic of birth parents

Pic of sis

Cool montage birth and adoptive families

Courtesy of Interlochen

Diversity State of the Field

Orchestras

0% 5% 10% 15% Black Latino Asian American 12.8% 15.4% 4.5% 1.83% 2.42% 7.34% Representation in US Population Representation in Orchestras

Minority Representation in Orchestras and in the National Population

Blacks 1.83% Hispanics 2.42% Asians 7.34% Whites 88.41%

Regular Positions Held by Minorities in American Orchestras

Positions held by Minorities in American Orchestras

Music Directors/Conductors Executive Directors Artistic Administrators Education and Community Relations Directors

Diversity State of the Field

Orchestras

Blacks 0.4% Hispanics 0.8% Other 2% Whites 96.8% Blacks 2.3% Hispanics 1.8% Other 8.6% Whites 87.3% Blacks 0% Hispanics 0% Other 0% Whites 100% Blacks 3% Hispanics 2.2% Other 3% Whites 91.1%

Diversity State of the Field

Orchestras

Programming

Overall Top Ten Composers Top Ten Most Frequently Performed US/Canadian Composers Programming Milestone?

Blacks 0% Hispanics 0% Other 0% Whites 100% Blacks 0% Hispanics 0% Other 0% Whites 100% Minorities 1% Whites 100%

Diversity State of the Field

Music Schools

BA Professional Master’s Specific Total Doctoral

Blacks 6.7% Hispanics 5.2% Other 3.4% Whites 84.7% Blacks 3.8% Hispanics 3.9% Other 8.9% Whites 83.4% Blacks 2.5% Hispanics 5.3% Other 17.4% Whites 74.8%

Total Faculty

Blacks 4.8% Hispanics 2.7% Other 3% Whites 89.5%

Diversity State of the Field

Youth Orchestras

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% Black Latino Other 12.8% 15.4% 4.5% 3.5% 4.0% 17.5%

Representation in US Population Representation in Music Schools

Minority Representation in Youth Orchestras and in the National Population Minority Representation in Youth Orchestras

Blacks 3.5% Hispanics 4% Other 17.5% Whites 75%

Diversity State of the Field

Audience Demographics

Source: 2008 NEA Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

Classical Music Audience Projection 2008-2018 (Simmons Data)

Millions of People

 Total Loss of Audience: 14% or 3 million  Over 80% of losses are among Whites

Blacks 4% Hispanics 6% Other 5% Whites 85%

Diversity State of the Field

Audience Demographics

 Total Growth: 46% or over 1 million  Non-White minorities will drive the VAST MAJORITY

• f new gains in classical music audiences

Hispanic Classical Music Audience Projection 2008-2018

Millions of People

Source: 2009 League of American Orchestras, Audience Demographic Research Review

Sphinx Overview Video

2 4 6 8 10 12

U.S. Public Support of the Arts

2009 Arts & Culture Funding

$155M $680M $11B

BILLIONS

Population of U.S. is 300 Million. Population of City of Berlin is 3.5 Million.

1% 2%

.005% .8% 1% 2%

Per Capita Spending on Arts & Culture

Role of Music in Society

 Beginning at an early age: cartoons

 Television shows and movie soundtracks  Many popular music celebrities had classical training:

• Alicia Keys
• Tupac Shakur
• Tori Amos
• Beyoncé
• Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band violinist)
• Aretha Franklin
• Erykah Badu
• Boys II Men

Music in Social Movements

 Civil Rights Movement

 Martin Luther King  Frederick Douglass  Cesar Chavez  Civil War  French Revolution

Impact of Music Education

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

88% 83%

Advanced Degrees/Income

Music Education Music Participation

470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540

No Arts/Music Studied Arts/Music

502 528 515 537 494 519

Reading Math Writing

2008 SAT Scores

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%

% higher than schools with no music program 19% 17% English Math

English/Math Scores

Decline of Arts Education

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

White Black Latino

60% 51% 47% 58% 26% 28%

1982 2008

Students, ages 18 to 24, reporting having taken at least one arts class during their life:

Source: President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; Reinvesting in Arts Education; 2011

Sphinx Impact - First 10 Years

0.00% 0.50% 1.00% 1.50% 2.00% 2.50%

1998 2008

% of Blacks

America’s Top Orchestras

Source: League of American Orchestras

All orchestras with an increase in Black members had a relationship with Sphinx

1.16% 2.4%

• Prior to Sphinx:
• Solo performances by musicians of color were rare: now 20-30 per year
• No professional Black & Latino orchestra existed: Sphinx has 2
• Never in history, Black & Latino orchestra on tour: now every year
• Very rare to see or hear classical music performed by musicians of color:

now over 2 million in audiences every year

• Relatively few commissions by composers of color: now increasing every year
• Sphinx Alumni graduated to every top 10 music school
• First intensive summer training program for Black & Latino string players
• 85,000 students reached in over 200 schools
• Nearly $1.5 million in scholarship awards

Sphinx Impact - First 10 Years Just the beginning… …much work needs to be done

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of

inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Building Diversity in Classical Music