The first full day of the conference and we took up from where we left off with a full day of brilliant papers.
The quality of scholarship is so high, and papers presented and with so much passion that it is truly humbling. The discussion and questions amongst the group is testament to this quality and passion.
Tina K. Ramnarine gave a fantastic keynote that opened up a space where an optimistic but nonetheless critical approach was taken to the role of orchestras in the context of culture-led social renewal, the search for new audiences and digital technology. I think that a lot of what was discussed will resurface tomorrow in the round-table panel...
I really hope the post-colonial and historical perspectives that ask us to question what we think we know about orchestras, merge with the discussions that we have tomorrow.
One final thought. The importance of place and of geography is the one thread that seems to run through all the research presented here ...
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