IDEAs for the Future of the Performing Arts

April 27, 2022

As a follow-up to Peabody’s February 2021 exploration of innovation and resilience and our November 2021 focus on flexibility, The Next Normal: IDEAs for the Future of the Performing Arts event examined inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-racism in the performing arts industry.

How might we reimagine the performing arts industry and performing arts training  in order to advance the field, broaden the range of creative voices heard and seen on our stages, and build expanded audiences that fully reflect current and future communities?

The third installment of the Peabody Institute’s Next Normal symposium series invited participants to share their collective knowledge in examining these questions, with a focus on overcoming barriers and elevating solutions.

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Visual Notes for The Next Normal IDEAs: Morning Panel
Visual Notes for The Next Normal IDEAs: Alexander Lloyd Blake Visual Notes for The Next Normal IDEAs: Afternoon Panel

 

Moderators

  • Fred Bronstein, dean, The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
  • Alysia Lee (MM ’06, Vocal Performance), faculty and Next Normal Symposium Consultant, The Peabody Conservatory

Presenters

  • Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor, composer/arranger, singer, Founding Artistic Director of Tonality
  • Garrett McQueen, bassoonist, conductor, producer and co-host of the TRILLOQUY podcast

Panelists

  • Darin Atwater, founder, Soulful Symphony
  • Camille Delaney McNeil, director, Beckmen YOLA Center, Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Carl DuPont, vocalist; scholar; assistant professor of voice, Peabody Conservatory
  • Fredara Hadley, professor of ethnomusicology, The Juilliard School
  • Marc Bamuthi Joseph, vice president and artistic director of social impact, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Jonathan Martin, president, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Damien Sneed, pianist; organist; conductor; composer; producer; arranger; arts educator; faculty, Manhattan School of Music
  • Louise Toppin, soprano; professor of voice, University of Michigan; director of Videmus
  • Richard White, principal tuba, New Mexico Philharmonic and Santa Fe Symphony; professor of tuba, University of New Mexico
  • Stephanie Ybarra, artistic director, Baltimore Center Stage; drama faculty, The Juilliard School