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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBrief introductionComposer Diversity DatabaseGenre DatabasesSeason AnalysesBest PracticesNew Initiatives

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYMISSIONTo advocate for composers from historicallyunderrepresented groups by promotingrepertoire diversity and inclusion in the areas ofconcert music programming, music education,research and publishing, and communityengagement through interactive digital tools,data curation, and public advocacy.

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBeaudoin, Stephen MarcBennett, CarolynBergauer, AubreyBetinis, AbbieBove, KaitlynCapellan, MiriamColgate, LauraCrawford, LisaDavids, Brent MichaelDittmar, ShaneDoyle, BrianEge, SamanthaEwell, PhilipEwing, MicahFeitkamp, AidenFoofat, NadègeGeibelhausen, RobinGonzalez-Granados, LinaGreen, AnthonyHarrison, ScottHartma, LeeHigdon, JenniferHoughtalen, BrandonHung, EricJolley, JenniferKarpman LauraLauritzen, BrianLawyer, AleciaLynch, JohnMitchell, BenjaminMitchell, BrettMcKoin, SarahMooke, MarthaMorrison, MatthewMurdock, MollyNourbakhsh, NiloufarO’Connor-Ballantyne, KatieRever, AmySankaram, KamalaShadle, DougShapiro, AlexSilpayamanant, JonStitt, GeorgiaStölzel, IngridThreinen, EmilyTurner, Cynthia JohnsonWallace, JakeWertheimer, MelissaWest, MatthewWitte, PeterWoods, Seth ParkerYim, Ed

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBeaudoin, Stephen MarcBennett, CarolynBergauer, AubreyBetinis, AbbieBove, KaitlynCapellan, MiriamColgate, LauraCrawford, LisaDavids, Brent MichaelDittmar, ShaneDoyle, BrianEge, SamanthaEwell, PhilipEwing, MicahFeitkamp, AidenFoofat, NadègeGeibelhausen, RobinGonzalez-Granados, LinaGreen, AnthonyHarrison, ScottHartman, LeeHigdon, JenniferHoughtalen, BrandonHung, EricJolley, JenniferKarpman LauraLauritzen, BrianLawyer, AleciaLynch, JohnMitchell, BenjaminMitchell, BrettMcKoin, SarahMooke, MarthaMorrison, MatthewMurdock, MollyNourbakhsh, NiloufarO’Connor-Ballantyne, KatieRever, AmySankaram, KamalaShadle, DougShapiro, AlexSilpayamanant, JonStitt, GeorgiaStölzel, IngridThreinen, EmilyTurner, Cynthia JohnsonWallace, JakeWertheimer, MelissaWest, MatthewWitte, PeterWoods, Seth ParkerYim, Ed

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBrief introductionComposer Diversity DatabaseGenre DatabasesSeason AnalysesBest PracticesNew Initiatives

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBrief introductionComposer Diversity DatabaseGenre DatabasesSeason AnalysesBest PracticesNew Initiatives

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBrief introductionComposer Diversity DatabaseGenre DatabasesSeason AnalysesBest PracticesNew Initiatives

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY120 ORCHESTRAS(%’s & #’s)

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY20%-32% Works per Season(9 orchestras)15%-19% Works per Season(10 orchestras)10%-14% Works per Season(24 orchestras)5%-9% Works per Season(34 orchestras)1%-4% Works per Season(18 orchestras)0% Works per Season(24 orchestras)% of worksby womencomposersper season

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY% of worksby womencomposersper season

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY8-12 Works per Season(8 orchestras)5-6 Works per Season(11 orchestras)2-3 Works per Season(32 orchestras)1-2 Works per Season(44 orchestras)0 Works per Season(25 orchestras)# of worksby womencomposersper season

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY# of worksby womencomposersper season

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYPhiladelphia Orchestra17-18L16%W2%H3%

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYPhiladelphia Orchestra17-1818-19L16%10%W2%2%*H3%4%

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYPhiladelphia Orchestra17-1818-1919-20L16%10%22%W2%2%*16%H3%4%8%

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYDISTRIBUTION(Programs vs. Titles vs. Names)

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DHERITAGESUNDERREPRESENTEDCOMPOSERS

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER TEDCOMPOSERS

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DHERITAGESPROGRAMSPROGRAMS8% 6%13% 10%18% 16%TITLESTITLESNAMESNAMESUNDERREPRESENTEDCOMPOSERS

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER SPROGRAMS8% 6% 11%13% 10% 19%18% 16% 28%TITLESTITLESTITLESNAMESNAMESNAMES

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYUSUAL SUSPECTS

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYPerformances of Works byLudwig van Beethoven: 434 (10.5%)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 210 (5%)Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 147 (3.5%)Johannes Brahms: 144 (3.5%)Antonin Dvorak: 98 (2%)Sergei Rachmaninoff: 96 (2%)Maurice Ravel: 97 (2%)Richard Strauss: 89 (2%)Sergei Prokofiev: 83 (2%)Gustav Mahler: 80 (2%)Dmitri Shostakovich: 77 (2%)Felix Mendelssohn: 77 (2%)

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYOVER 20 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESBeethovenSymphony No. 5 (31)BeethovenSymphony No. 3 (29)BeethovenSymphony No. 7 (27BeethovenViolin Concerto (27)MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition (25)BeethovenSymphony No. 6 (24)BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 4 (23)BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 5 (23)BeethovenSymphony No. 9 (23)RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 3 (21)20 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESBrahmsSymphony No. 2DvořákSymphony No. 8TchaikovskySymphony No. 5TchaikovskyViolin Concerto19 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESBeethovenPiano Concerto No. 1BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 3BeethovenSymphony No. 4Mendelssohn, FelixViolin Concerto18 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESDvořákSymphony No. 9GershwinRhapsody in Blue17 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESBeethovenSymphony No. 2BerliozSymphonie FantastiqueDebussyLa MerGriegPiano ConcertoHolstThe PlanetsMozartSymphony No. 4116 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESBeethovenPiano Concerto No. 2BeethovenSymphony No. 1BeethovenSymphony No. 8ProkofievSymphony No. 5RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2RavelBoléro15 PROGRAMMED PERFORMANCESBrahmsSymphony No. 4ElgarEnigma VariationsMozartRequiemRachmaninoffSymphonic DancesRavelPiano Concerto in G MajorSchumann, RobertPiano ConcertoStravinskyFirebird SuiteTchaikovskySymphony No. 4

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYHISTORICALWOMEN

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYHistorical Women Composers(performed in 2015-2016 by 89 U.S. Orchestras)0 Performances

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYHistorical Women Composers(performed in 2019-2020 by 120 U.S. Orchestras)61 PerformancesBacewicz, Grazyna – Concerto for String Orchestra (2)Bacewicz, Grazyna – OvertureBeach, Amy – Allegro di molto from Gaelic SymphonyBeach, Amy – Variations on a Balkan ThemeBoulanger, Lili – Of a Sad Evening (7)Boulanger, Lili – Of a Spring Morning (14)Boulanger, Nadia – Fantasy for Piano and OrchestraFarrenc, Louise – Nonet in E-flat MajorFarrenc, Louise – OvertureFarrenc, Louise – Symphony No. 2Farrenc, Louise – Symphony No. 3Mendelssohn, Fanny – Overture in C Major (4)Price, Florence – Juba & Finale (from Symphony No. 1)Price, Florence – Dances in the Canebrakes (2)Price, Florence – Mississippi River SuitePrice, Florence – Piano Concerto in One Mvt. (4)Price, Florence – Piano Concerto No. 1Price, Florence – Symphony No. 3Price, Florence – Symphony No. 4Price, Florence – The OakPrice, Florence – Violin Concerto No. 1Price, Florence – Violin Concerto No. 2Schumann, Clara – Piano Concerto (5)Smyth, Dame Ethel – Concerto for Horn and ViolinSmyth, Dame Ethel – On the Cliffs of CornwallTailleferre, Germaine – Ouverture pour orchestreUstvolskaya, Galina – Piano ConcertoUstvolskaya, Galina – Symphonic Poem No. 2Williams, Mary Lou – Selections from Zodiac Suite

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY15%-25%-35%

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY15-25%Women Composers15-25%Underrepresented Heritages25-35%Living Composers

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY3-OR-MORE

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYPerformances of 3 Works byBeethoven: 56 orchestras (46%)Mozart: 28 orchestras (23%)Brahms: 12 orchestras (10%)Tchaikovsky: 12 orchestras (10%)Richard Strauss: 8 orchestras (7%)Dvorak: 7 orchestras (6%)J.S. Bach: 5 orchestras (4%)Prokofiev: 5 orchestras (4%)Ravel: 5 orchestras (4%)Copland: 4 orchestras (3%)Mahler: 4 orchestras (3%)Stravinsky: 4 orchestras (3%)

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYPotential Open Slots if “3-or-More” is avoidedTotal: 496Group 1: 318Group 2: 80Group 3: 44Group 4: 7Group 5: 19Non-LAO Orchestras: 28

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYBrief introductionComposer Diversity DatabaseGenre DatabasesSeason AnalysesBest PracticesNew Initiatives

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY1. Avoid only programming concert-to-concert

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY1. Avoid only programming concert-to-concert2. Avoid “othering” with programs that focuson a single demographic—distribute diverseprogramming throughout the season

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY1. Avoid only programming concert-to-concert2. Avoid “othering” with programs that focuson a single demographic—distribute diverseprogramming throughout the season3. 15%-25%-35%

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY1. Avoid only programming concert-to-concert2. Avoid “othering” with programs that focuson a single demographic—distribute diverseprogramming throughout the season3. 15%-25%-35%4. Avoid “3-or-More” whenever possible

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITY1. Avoid only programming concert-to-concert2. Avoid “othering” with programs that focuson a single demographic—distribute diverseprogramming throughout the season3. 15%-25%-35%4. Avoid “3-or-More” whenever possible5. Encourage diverse programming in the“longer” slots in your concert programs (notjust shorter openers)

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYEXERCISE

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INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYConcert 1Concert 2Concert 3Concert 4Concert 5Copland:Fanfare for the CommonManKenji Bunch:Groovebox FantasyPierre Jalbert:Music of Air and FireAlex Temple:LiebesliedSaint-Saens:Cello ConcertoVaughan Williams:The Lark AscendingFlorence PricePiano Concerto No. 1Huang Ruo:Ravel:Folk Songs for Orchestra Piano Concerto in GReena Esmail:This Love Between UsMussorgsky:Tchaikovsky:Pictures at an Exhibition Symphony No. 6Concert 6Concert 7Concert 8Rachmaninoff:Piano Concerto No. 3Concert 9Gabriela Lena Frank:Three Latin AmericanDancesChris Theofanidis:Symphony No. 1Concert 10Mozart:Magic Flute OvertureMendelssohn:Overture to aMidsummerNight's DreamGeorge Walker:Lyric for StringsSibelius:Violin ConcertoHummel:Trumpet ConcertoNkeiru Okoye:Black BottomJennifer Higdon:Viola ConcertoBeethoven:Symphony No. 6Jimmy López:Symphony No. 2 "AdAstra"Mahler:Symphony No. 4Rimsky-Korsakov:ScheherezadeJames Lee III:Vivian Fung:Sukkot Through Orion’sPizzicatoNebulaDvorak:Cello ConcertoHolst:The Planets

INSTITUTE for COMPOSER DIVERSITYWOMEN: 23%Concert 1Concert 2Concert 3Concert 4Concert 5Copland:Fanfare for the CommonManKenji Bunch:Groovebox FantasyPierre Jalbert:Music of Air and FireAlex Temple:LiebesliedSaint-Saens:Cello ConcertoVaughan Williams:The Lark AscendingFlorence PricePiano Concerto No. 1Huang Ruo:Ravel:Folk Songs for Orchestra Piano Concerto in GReena Esmail:This Love Between UsMussorgsky:Tchaikovsky:Pictures at an Exhibition Symphony No. 6Concert 6Concert 7Concert 8Rachmaninoff:Piano Concerto No. 3Concert 9Gabriela Lena Frank:Three Latin AmericanDancesChris Theofanidis:Symphony No. 1Concert 10Mozart:Magic Flute OvertureMendelssohn:Overture to aMidsummerNight's DreamGeorge Walker:Lyric for StringsSibelius:Violin ConcertoHummel:Trumpet ConcertoNkeiru Okoye:Black BottomJennifer Higdon:Viola ConcertoBeethoven:Symphony No. 6Jimmy López:Symphony No. 2 "AdAstra"Mahler:Symphony No. 4Rimsky-Korsakov:ScheherezadeJames Lee III:Vivian Fung:Sukkot Through Orion’sPizzicatoNebulaDvorak:Cello ConcertoHolst:The Planets