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End Blind Auditions

July 24 - 2020

During the tumultuous summer of 1969, two Black musicians accused the New York Philharmonic of discrimination. Earl Madison, a cellist, and J. Arthur Davis, a bassist, said they had been rejected for positions because of their race.

Source: To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions - The New York Times