CIL - Leaders Reframe False Dichotomies

Content creators vs owners. Tradition vs innovation. Musicians vs management. All of these are false dichotomies that affect the conversations among artists and administrators. Over three days, small groups of top musicians and managers across the orchestra and opera world openly discussed these important topics outside the bargaining table in response to the accelerated rate of change around us. These facilitated conversations are open to all to observe: players, singers, administrators, students, board members, and anyone else who believes classical music isn’t a zero sum game among its constituents.

Facilitator: Aubrey Bergauer, Executive Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership

Artists

Julia Bullock Soprano	Ryan McKinny Bass-Baritone	Weston Sprott Trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Jennifer Cho Violin, San Francisco Opera Concertmaster, California Symphony	Joy Payton-Stevens Cello, Seattle Symphony MBA Candidate, Columbia University	Christopher Still Trumpet, LA Philharmonic
Kale Cummings President, Musicians Union Local 6	Jessica Phillips Clarinet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Chair of Players Committee	Lidiya Yankovskaya Conductor & Music Director, Chicago Opera Theater
Michael Gordon Principal Flute, Kansas City Symphony	Kamala Sankaram Composer & Co-Artistic Director, Experiments in Opera	Igor Yuzefovich Concertmaster, BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Lomelí Director of Artistic Administration, The Dallas Opera Casting Director, Bayerische Staatsoper