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Back in Atlanta. October 17 at Atlanta Music Project. Masterclasses, panel conversations, live performance, and a room full of people who understand the work. $20 registration, free under 26, free on request if cost is a barrier. Link in bio to register. #BlackOrchestralNetwork #BONSummit2026 taken in Atlanta Music Project by @blackorchestralnetwork
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The Black Orchestral Network 2026 Summit agenda is LIVE! Take a look at the sessions, plan your day, and share with a colleague, student, or friend you’d like to bring into the conversation. 📅 October 17, 2026 📍 Atlanta Music Project More than a conference. A community. Explore the agenda and register today. Link in Bio #BlackOrchestralNetwork #ClassicalMusic #MusicEducation #MusicIndustry #AtlantaEvents by @blackorchestralnetwork
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A Few Performance Spots Are Still Available! 🎻 Calling all student musicians! We have a few remaining performance spots for this year's Black Orchestral Network Masterclass Series in Atlanta! Join us on Sunday, October 18, and work directly with guest artists from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Dallas Opera Orchestra, and Phion Orkest. Instrumental Masterclasses: Violin/Viola | Cello/Bass | Woodwinds | High Brass | Low Brass Have an orchestral excerpt, etude, or solo selection you'd like to perform? Bring it to the BON stage and deepen your approach to interpretation, technique, and performance while exploring another artist's perspective. 🪈🎻📯All levels, backgrounds, and communities are welcome! 📍 Atlanta Music Project 📅 October 18 | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM ET FREE to participate and FREE to observe! BON Community: Know a student musician who might benefit from this opportunity? Tag them below or share this post with students, educators, and music programs in your network! LEARN MORE & APPLY 🔗 Link in bio & Stories Generously supported by the @mellonfoundation #atlantaevents #MusicEducation #trombone #ClassicalMusic #trumpet by @blackorchestralnetwork
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“Beyoncé resonates with them. She’s connected with them.” Dr. Tammy Kernodle on why change builds from the bottom up, and what it takes to reach a generation that feels no pull toward the concert hall. Her answer: we can build that connection too, and it takes time. Hear her Saturday on the Black History in Music panel at the BON Summit in Atlanta. $20 registration, free under 26, free on request. Link in bio to register. #BlackOrchestralNetwork #BONSummit2026 by @blackorchestralnetwork
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“We subscribe to a hierarchy that says certain venues, certain spaces, certain repertory is a marker of excellence.” Dr. Tammy Kernodle, University Distinguished Professor of Music at Miami University, on why we have to reframe our thinking about Black music-making in America. She joins us Saturday on the Black History in Music panel with Jane Gottlieb of Juilliard and Weston Sprott of Jazz at Lincoln Center. BON Summit, October 17, Atlanta Music Project. $20 registration, free under 26, free on request if cost is a barrier. Link in bio to register. #BlackOrchestralNetwork #BONSummit2026 taken in Atlanta Music Project by @blackorchestralnetwork
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At last year’s BON Summit in Atlanta, we asked student panelists what inspired them to pursue careers in music and where they saw their futures in the industry. Hear from Johannes Escobar, a recent graduate of Clark Atlanta University, as he shares why he chose to pursue a career in artist management. At BON, we believe in creating opportunities for the next generation to learn, connect, and explore the many possibilities within the orchestral industry and beyond. 🎓 Students, there's a place for you at this year's Summit! Join us on October 17 in Atlanta to meet industry professionals, discover different career paths, build connections, and most importantly, bring your questions! 🎶 Make a weekend of it! Stay for our free instrumental masterclasses on Sunday, October 18. Join the audience to observe guest artists from leading orchestras coaching student performers and sharing valuable insights into technique, interpretation, and musicianship. 📍 Atlanta Music Project 📅 Summit: Saturday, October 17 🎵 Masterclasses: Sunday, October 18 More than a conference. A community. Learn more and register at the link in bio! #BlackOrchestralNetwork #MusicMajor #MusicEducation #MusicCareers #MusicIndustry by @blackorchestralnetwork
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Students, your voices matter, and we want you to be part of the conversation! The Black Orchestral Network was founded with a vision of creating a better future in the industry for generations to come. That’s why student voices have always been an important part of our Summit programming. At our 2025 Summit in Atlanta, we asked our student panelists a simple question: Why pursue a career in music? Hear from Ariana Swindell, then a senior at Spelman College, as she shares her perspective. 🎓 Students, there’s a place for you at the Summit! Join us to connect with industry professionals, explore different career paths, share your perspectives, and most importantly, ASK QUESTIONS! 🎶 Plus stay for Sunday's masterclasses! Join the audience for free instrumental masterclasses featuring guest artists from leading orchestras. Observe students in performance, hear valuable feedback, and gain new perspectives on technique, interpretation, and musicianship. 📍 Atlanta Music Project 📅 Summit: Saturday, October 17 🎵 Masterclasses: Sunday, October 18 More than a conference. A community. Learn more at https://www.blackorchestralnetwork.org/bon-2026-summit-1 Or Link in Bio. 🔗 🆓Registration for students under 26 and for anyone that the registration fee may be a barrier to attendance. #BlackOrchestralNetwork #MusicMajor #MusicEducation #MusicCareers #AtlantaEvents taken in Atlanta,Georgia by @blackorchestralnetwork
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Your music career can have more than one direction. 🎶 Performing, teaching, recording, launching a business: your interests can shape a path of your own. At the Black Orchestral Network 2026 Summit, hear from musicians Jauvon Gilliam, Lady Jess, and Stephanie Matthews in “Your Vision, Your Brand: Building Something With Purpose and Identity.” Discover how they’ve built multifaceted careers across the industry and brought their creative visions to life. Students, emerging professionals, or musicians looking to add to their portfolio, bring your questions, make connections, and imagine what’s possible for your next chapter. 📍 Atlanta Music Project 🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 2026 Open to everyone. Free registration for attendees under 26 and for those that cost may be a barrier to attendance. Registration at the link in bio and share this with someone creating their own path. More than a conference. A community. #MusicCareers #MusicIndustry #AtlantaMusic #conference #classicalmusic by @blackorchestralnetwork
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"I don't have the gatekeeper's keys." Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE, founder of the trailblazing orchestra Chineke!, held the principal double bass chair at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for 30 years and teaches at the Royal Academy of Music. Here she describes the moment people put their hands up and said, "We've just learnt something." Conversations like this are why we gather. BON Summit, October 17, Atlanta Music Project. $20 registration, free under 26, free on request if cost is a barrier. Link in bio to register. #BlackOrchestralNetwork #BONSummit2026 taken in Atlanta Music Project by @blackorchestralnetwork
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Opera Memphis has a new leader on the podium! 🎶 We congratulate Donald Lee III on his recent appointment and celebrate this exciting new chapter. 👏🏾👏🏿👏🏾👏🏿👏🏾👏🏿👏🏾👏🏿👏🏾👏🏿 Repost from @dailymemphian • Donald Lee III comes to @operamemphis as its new music director, after having spent his summer working with the Cincinnati Opera. Originally from Hampton, Virginia, Lee was attracted to the Opera Memphis role because of the organization’s community-oriented nature, he said.⁠ ⁠ Another thing that drew him to Opera Memphis was the company’s work commissioning new American works, something he is also passionate about.⁠ ⁠ “In studying music history, we see every country has its repertoire, has its musical tradition,” Lee said. “And we are such a young country. I feel like we’re establishing what that is, and the only way to establish that is to continue to invest in that work.”⁠ ⁠ Finally, Lee was attracted to Opera Memphis because of the organization’s artist hires.⁠ ⁠ “There are stars — like (mezzo-soprano) Jamie Barton was just here,” Lee said. “But also some of my peers in the industry who are still in the earlier stages of their career, but have immense talents, have worked here.⁠ ⁠ “A company like this that shares so many values that I share, it just seemed like a great fit and I’m very glad that it worked out,” Lee said.⁠ ⁠ Read more about @donaldleeiii’s history and future with Opera Memphis by following the link in the bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️ Story by @elleactually⁠ 📷 Courtesy of Todd Rosenberg #newrole #opera #orchestra #blackmusicians #conductor by @blackorchestralnetwork
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Our summer shoutouts continue! 🎉 BON congratulates Dr. Nicole Cherry on receiving tenure and her promotion to Associate Professor of Violin at The University of Texas at San Antonio! Dr. Cherry is also the second violinist of the acclaimed Marian Anderson String Quartet. Join us in celebrating this wonderful milestone by congratulating Nicole! 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏾🖤 #newrole #tenure #academia #violinist #orchestra by @blackorchestralnetwork
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Meet the panelists joining us for the Black Orchestral Network 2026 Summit! 🖤 Swipe to learn about their work across our industry. Join the conversation October 17 in Atlanta. Open to everyone! More than a conference. A community. Register at the link in bio. #conference #musicindustry #atlanta #musician #classicalmusic by @blackorchestralnetwork
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