Opus 46 - A Little Less Beethoven

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Orchestras are starting to program more works by women and composers of color, but today those performances are nearly outnumbered by the programming of works by a single composer: Beethoven. That's just one of the surprising statistics professor Rob Deemer has discovered through his work with the Institute for Composer Diversity. He joins Garrett and Scott in this opus to talk numbers and explore why orchestras may want to program “a little less Beethoven.” PlaylistMy Favorite Things (arr. John Coltrane) MoreSupport the Institute for Composer DiversityResources for artists impacted by COVID-19