…If we really want to effect lasting anti-racist change in the operatic industry and art form, we need to focus on systems – not people. Because of its reliance on external, industry-wide consultation, the situation at the Richard Tucker Music Foundation presents a unique opportunity to examine the systems that maintain the operatic White status quo….

“I have a vivid memory of my parents taking me to see Midori perform at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI. I was about 9 years old, and a group of local Suzuki violin students went to see this prodigy, who had already catapulted to international fame by the time she was our age. When we saw her, she couldn’t have been more than 17…”

Writing the other day, I noted that one of the most trying aspects of this extraordinary time of pandemic is not knowing when this period of sheltering in place will end. The not-knowing when we can resume outside life as a society and when it will be safe again to gather with loved ones can make this time feel as if it is suspended…

…One of the major aspects that is so trying about this crisis is the impossibility of knowing when it will end. As the world shelters in place, time itself seems to have suspended, and it can often feel that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Personally, I find myself needing to be constantly…