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Two high school choruses will not be performing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) this year because they’re not “racially-diverse enough,” Fox News reports.Apparently, it’s more important that you look like you just came from the set of Glee than it is to, you know, have actual talent.“This year, the schools were informed by symphony officials that their choruses are not diverse enough, and that the symphony would be inviting a third, more diverse chorus [emphasis added],” said Cobb County Schools spokesman Jay Dillon.
ATL Symphony Musicians Offer to Perform for Free With Choral GroupsThe Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Players’ Association has sat by in dismay for the past several days observing the ASO management’s disintegrating relations with Lassiter, Walton, and Grady High Schools, and the whole community.As musicians who love to play with the talented choruses at these schools, we want to help resolve these ongoing issues.To that end, the Musicians are making the following offer to Lassiter High School, Grady High School, and Walton High School: We, the ATL Symphony Musicians, will perform for free with the Lassiter, Walton, and Grady choral groups at their schools. Each school can use these performances as fundraisers and keep all of the proceeds for their benefit.These good people are our children, our students, and our future colleagues and audiences. In short, the ATL Symphony Musicians are one community with them.We look forward to these fun and exciting performances with some of the top student groups in America.
