Neither the Boston Modern Orchestra Project nor Odyssey Opera is well known for its children’s programming, so it was a particular pleasure to see the dozens of pint-size opera-goers filing into Jordan Hall excitedly on Sunday afternoon.
Talking about diversity is nothing new to us in the arts and cultural world. But to realize the fruits of these conversations, we need to move beyond the idea of diversity to a deeper level of understanding and respect for ourselves and others.
On a brisk November morning in 2001, Hubert “Hubie” Jones sat in a Chicago hotel lobby. He had an off day from the national City Year convention and wanted to go hear the Chicago Children’s Choir.
During his often-quoted “I Have a Dream” speech, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used the following musical metaphor: “With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.”
In celebration of our tenth anniversary, the Boston Children’s Chorus will be traveling to Vietnam and Cambodia on an approximately 2 week cultural exchange tour in June and July 2013.
