I saw a commercial this weekend that showed a symphony orchestra with a black conductor. I am sure black orchestra conductors exist, but they have to be extremely rare. I’ve watched many orchestra performances through the years and I do not even remember seeing a black orchestra member, let alone a conductor (unless Wynton Marsalis was a guest trumpet player). So many commercials now feature the intelligent black people and the dumb white people (like the investment commercial where the black people are calmly reviewing their portfolios while the white people across the street do a lot crazy stupid, hysterical things to keep from reviewing theirs), I guess I should not be surprised. I wonder if orchestras will start to suffer in quality and become affirmative action havens for mediocre musicians?
Years ago, the Detroit Symphony orchestra came under fire for having too many white members. Their audition process included a screened divider so the musician could not even be seen by the judges. They were hired solely on talent.
They were forced to hire less talented players due to political correctness.
I knew a guy who was on the losing end of that deal. He was a better player of his instrument but the wrong skin color.
It isn't just the commercials. How many TV shows have some black in the role of a scientist or other type of intellectual leader? Medical shows are particularly given to this type of presentation.
Yes. I was fortunate to have played in music groups with Calvin Simmons while in high school in San Francisco in the 1960s. Calvin was black and extremely musically gifted, so much so that our band teacher allowed Calvin to student conduct the orchestra, band and jazz band. After graduation, Calvin got a prestigious scholarship to the finest academies, became assistant conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, then the musical director of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, all by the time he was 28. Became the youngest conductor of a large city orchestra in the nation, as well as being the first black. Unfortunately he drowned at the age of 32. I happen to own a vinyl record we cut when our high school jazz band scored tops in a California music competition (CMEA), with Calvin both conducting or soloing on the piano. He was a genius at playing several instruments.
How old are you? You really need to talk to your grandfather or an older relative about Count Basie, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra and scores of others which were popular from the 1920s to 1960s. Most of them never existed, according to today's libtards, because they were Republicans!
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