Jon Silpayamanant - โจนาทาน ศิลปยามานันท์ American Classical Music History, Arts Funding, Classical Music Crisis Crisis, Cross-Cultural criticism, Decolonialism, Diversity, Orchestra Reform, Orientalism, Post-Colonialism, Race, Racism, Sexism

Diversity in Classical Music vs Diversity of Classical Music

Diversity in Classical Music has been a hot topic lately, especially given the recent announcements of upcoming seasons of organizations and the pushback many are getting recently. With the introduction of the Women Composer Database and the Composer Diversity Project, therea a push for aggregating disparate lists of composers to decenter the White Male Canon … Continue reading Diversity in Classical Music vs Diversity of Classical Music

Jon Silpayamanant - โจนาทาน ศิลปยามานันท์ Classical Music Crisis Crisis, Decolonialism, Diversity, Fragmentation, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras, Post-Colonialism, Racism, Sexism

The Invisible Hand of the Great White Male Musical and Artistic Canons

In my previous post I discussed how ridiculously easy it would be to avoid the Art of Monstrous Men, and the post before that discusses how to Decolonize the Musical Mind. The past couple of days I've come across some interesting pieces about diversity in the arts (or lack thereof). The first was a piece … Continue reading The Invisible Hand of the Great White Male Musical and Artistic Canons

Jon Silpayamanant - โจนาทาน ศิลปยามานันท์ Audiences, Classical Music Crisis Crisis, Pop, Post-Pop, Sexism

Pop Audience expectations – “No, you can’t put your fingers there!”

*Trigger Warning* the article and video in the link below have descriptions of sexual assault I just came across this piece about why Iggy Azalea no longer crowd surfs during concerts. While we talk about bringing in newer and younger audiences into Classical Music and how the field needs to change to reflect a changing … Continue reading Pop Audience expectations – “No, you can’t put your fingers there!”

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Dvořák, Twerking, Sexism, and Race Fetishisation

So a couple days ago I came across this.  If you want to watch the actual video, go to the link here (I really don't want to embed it in this post). What interested me more was the video of the commentary about the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvjZYep6Iw Some choice quotes: "I'm not convince that youth are … Continue reading Dvořák, Twerking, Sexism, and Race Fetishisation