41 episodes

Canton Symphony Orchestra knows the need for change within the orchestral community. The tradition of classical music has ignored many communities that have contributed to the development and canon of repertoire played in the concert hall. With “Orchestrating Change”, the Canton Symphony Orchestra hopes to facilitate conversations that will make the concert hall a more welcoming place for previously ignored communities as well as create more acceptance and diversity on the stage.

Orchestrating Change by Canton Symphony Orchestra Canton Symphony Orchestra

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Canton Symphony Orchestra knows the need for change within the orchestral community. The tradition of classical music has ignored many communities that have contributed to the development and canon of repertoire played in the concert hall. With “Orchestrating Change”, the Canton Symphony Orchestra hopes to facilitate conversations that will make the concert hall a more welcoming place for previously ignored communities as well as create more acceptance and diversity on the stage.

    Season 5, Episode 2 with Jéan Pierre Johnson

    Season 5, Episode 2 with Jéan Pierre Johnson

    Our guest today is Hip-hop artist Jéan Pierre Johnson. Known artistically as Jéan P The MC, he shares a body of music that reflects his environment, touching on topics such as fatherhood, childhood experiences, spirituality, relationships, and his outlook on Hip-Hop, locally and nationally.

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Season 5, Episode 1 with Jeff Scott

    Season 5, Episode 1 with Jeff Scott

    Our guest today is GRAMMY Award-winning horn player and composer Jeff Scott. He rose to prominence as the founding horn player and twenty-plus-year member of the Imani Winds, a nationally renowned woodwind quintet made up of musicians of color. His horn career has also taken him to the pit of The Lion King on Broadway and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, as well on tour alongside such luminaries as Barbara Streisand. Jeff is also a prolific composer, whose new piece "Song of the Uirapuru" was premiered by the Canton Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist Seohyun Kim. A native of New York City and a graduate of Manhattan School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he now lives here in Northeast Ohio, where he is a professor at Oberlin College. Jeff Scott, welcome to Orchestrating Change!
    Orchestrating Change is available wherever you get your podcasts. We also have a new website! Go to www.orchestratingchange.com to sign-up for email reminders, view past episodes, and see the various channels where you can view our content. For more information about everything else we are offering at this time, please visit www.cantonsymphony.org.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Season 4, Episode 8 with Mario Lopez

    Season 4, Episode 8 with Mario Lopez

    We are joined today by Mario Lopez, Executive Director of the Billings Symphony in Montana.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Season 4, Episode 7 with Leni Boorstin

    Season 4, Episode 7 with Leni Boorstin

    This episode features Leni Boorstin, who spent over forty years working for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, most recently as Director of Government and Community Affairs.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Season 4, Episode 6 with Louise Toppin

    Season 4, Episode 6 with Louise Toppin

    Today we are joined by coloratura soprano Louise Toppin. She has performed all over the world at venues such as Carnegie Hall and with orchestras in such diverse places as Sweden, Uruguay, and Japan.

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Season 4, Episode 5 with Blake-Anthony Johnson

    Season 4, Episode 5 with Blake-Anthony Johnson

    Today we are joined by Blake-Anthony Johnson, CEO of the Chicago Sinfonietta.

    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

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kessler708 ,

Amazing content and discourse

This podcast has enlightened me in so many ways as a musician and lover of music. It brings the whole music world into one sphere and looks very well at how we can take it into the future.

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