TEM168: Founding a youth orchestra when you're still young enough to play in one: A conversation with Marquise Bradley

TEM168: Founding a youth orchestra when you're still young enough to play in one: A conversation with Marquise Bradley

Marquise Bradley is the co-founder of the Center City Chamber Orchestra and Principal Clarinetist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra.

What You'll Learn:

• Where Marquise and his friends got the idea to start the Center City Chamber Orchestra
• What gave them the follow-through to execute such a big idea
• The biggest challenge moving forward for the organization
• His thoughts on how we can make the classical music concert going experience more inclusive
• What his reaction was when it was pointed out to him at a young man that most people in a symphony orchestra don't look like him

Links:

• Instagram: @marq.bradley
• His Facebook
• Instagram: @cccorch
• CCCO's Facebook

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Produced by Andrew Hitz

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