Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Access Services

 

Are you ready to take concrete steps to increase diversity and BIPOC representation in your school or organization?

Do you want to move the classical music industry and music education  forward during this time of reckoning on race and equity? 

We can help!

A diverse repertoire alone can not achieve authentic equity and inclusion. We create safe spaces for participation, exploration, and growth. Together we imagine and rebuild with systems that honor and value cultural and individual uniqueness, change practice, behavior and culture.

Services Provided

Facilitated by Armando Castellano, Founder/Artistic Director

  • Seminars

    Seminars and multi-session trainings on equity and inclusion

  • Consultations

    Consultations and executive coaching for leaders to make systemic change

  • Workshops

    Workshops for educators and administrators to learn new tools and practices

  • Presentations

    Presentations solo or on panels on social justice in music and music education

  • -Vulnerability, Active Listening, and Open-Hearted Communication

    -Power and Privilege and our Colonized Aesthetic (Structural Racism)

    -Building a Collective Race Equity Culture and Identity

    -Application and Assessment Tools

  • -Take action on your commitments to racial equity and social justice

    -Learn concepts of vulnerability and open-hearted communication

    -Utilize practical tactics and tools to address the Euro-centric aesthetic of the art music field and educational institutions

    -Center Black, Indigenous, People of Color and female-identifying voices in your conversations and activities

  • Awesome Orchestra

    California Music Educators Assn.

    Chamber Music America

    Harvard Radcliffe Fellow Institute

    Hispanics in Philanthropy

    Longy School of Music at Bard College

    Santa Clara County Office of Education

    Sphinx Organization

    Stanford Live

 

“(I gained) a heightened awareness of the almost unconscious assumptions I

 have about individuals, cultures, etc. based on my own 

limited experiences, education and cultural context.” 

-Workshop participant 

“The sessions made me think in ways I had not thought before. 

It was great to share and be vulnerable with everyone in the sessions. 

That was easy because of the safe environment that was provided.” 

-Seminar participant