i was impressed right away with how great the musicians worked together and how fast the work went. i had to lead a corps rehearsal, which is where you're really kind of do barbone's interpretation of a piece initially. And it was rather intense, very fun. You get used to taking your time and working with students or your colleagues,. What was that and an attraction? And early onboarding experience like for you? Ye, would you like to hear the full ickly as the unerger storyso, im you know that i grew up, i'm 57 now, when i was 15, my mam took me to hear orpheus in anne arbor, m
Our ears perk up when we hear about different systems practicing self-management. That was the case with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a Grammy-award winning group that rehearses and performs without a formal conductor. Instead, the orchestra decentralizes power and leadership among its members, who rotate in between positions and treat each other as equals. Collaborative decision-making; multi-filled roles; shared ownership; clear feedback agreements—Orpheus embodies the very practices we love to talk about.
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans ask James Wilson, a cellist with Orpheus and one of the ensemble’s three artistic directors, and Alexander Scheirle, Orpheus’s executive director, about the group’s democratic underpinnings and how it’s experimented with emergence for more than 50 years.
Learn more about Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at orpheusnyc.org.
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