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Resources for LGBTQ+ Musicians
A list of funding and performance opportunities
Awards, Aid + Scholarships:
Artistic Opportunities:
Representation in Art & Media
8 Essential Articles for Further Reading
The New Yorker
Black Scholars Confront White Supremacy in Classical Music
Alex Ross
The Philadelphia Tribune
'A reset button' - Black theater leaders push for change
Mark Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
'We are tired': Read the open letter 270 fed-up Latinx writers just sent Hollywood
Greg Braxton
The New York Times
Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television
Thessaly La Force
OperaWire
Editorial: Opera's Diversity Problem & How to Fix It
Santosh Venkataraman
HIghCountryNews
On day one, Haaland addresses Indigenous media
Graham Lee Brewer
San Francisco Opera
"I Really Thought It Was My Exit Out of Academia:' Naomi André on Writing 'Black Opera'
San Franciso Opera staff
Blavity: News
Black Art Matters: Why Our Creative Visual Contributions Should Be Valued and Represented More Widely
Tania Inniss
Challenging the "Canon"
9 Essential Articles for Further Reading
NPR
Why is American Classical Music So White?
Tom Huizenga
Los Angeles Times
Muted Golden Globes response to diversity woes appears unlikely to quell firestorm
Greg Braxton
The Guardian
Canons don't only belong to dead white Englishmen. We have a Maori canon too
Alice Te Punga Somerville
The New York Times
Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech
Michael Powell
Opera Wire
Q & A: Marlon Daniel on the Chevalier de Saint-Georges & Systematic Racism in Classical Music
David Salazar
The Guardian
Why is Barnes & Noble putting 'literary blackface' on its shelves?
Candice Frederick
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The music world’s awakening to women and Black composers will be game-changing
Peter Dobrin
The Washington Post
If curtailing racist imagery in Dr. Seuss is 'cancel culture,' what, exactly, is your culture?
Philip Bump
The New York Times
Notes Toward Reinventing the American Orchestra
Anthony Tommasini
YouTube Video:
Music Theory and White Supremacy
by Adam Neely
Children's Book:
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Elizabeth Baddeley
Podcast:
Classically Black
by Katie Brown & Dalanie Harris
Podcast:
Nice White Parents
The New York Times
PROTESTRA'S "Must-Binge" List
Educational Entertainment Recommendations from the PROTESTRA Team!
Book:
So you want to talk about race
by Ijeoma Oluo
Book:
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid
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