There has been a lot in my social media recently about the inglorious ways that the classical music sector has historically dealt with open secrets and concrete allegations of sexual harassment and abuse. The same themes keep coming… Read More
Posted on 11th Feb 2025 by Geoff Baker
The Journal of the Royal Musical Association has just published a review essay by Jane Isabelle Forner entitled “Classical Music’s Conflicted Futures: Perspectives on the Industry and Academia from Recent Scholarship.” I recommend it to those involved with… Read More
Posted on 22nd Jan 2025 by Geoff Baker
It’s been a bad week for orchestras. An old sexual assault scandal at the New York Philharmonic hit the headlines again. But what could have come and gone quickly as a “bad apple” story – one that was… Read More
Posted on 21st Apr 2024 by Geoff Baker
Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community, by Kenneth J. Gergen, is a major work of scholarship in social psychology. It has a lot to offer the field of social action through music (SATM), despite saying nothing about it… Read More
Posted on 15th Mar 2024 by Geoff Baker
In 2021, I published my book Rethinking Social Action Through Music, which laid out both an ethnographic study of the Red de Escuelas de Música (Network of Music Schools) of Medellín, Colombia, and a broader case for reforming… Read More
Posted on 6th Dec 2023 by Geoff Baker
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