Where do we want to be?
We want to make our artistic offer as accessible as it can be. Our programming and commissioning choices will result in a broader, more diverse range of artists, composers and musicians being engaged and profiled by the London Sinfonietta.
Commissioned Composers
By March 2024 we aim to have:
- At least 50% commissioned composers representing women and gender minorities and 30% of Global Majority commissioned composers
- 5% of disabled commissioned composers
Programming
By March 2024 we aim to have:
- At least 50% programmed composers representing women and gender minorities
- 25% of Global Majority programmed composers and 5% of disabled programmed composers
Creative artists
By March 2026 we aim to have:
- Sustained at least 50% on-stage artists representing women and gender minorities
- 30% Global Majority on-stage artists
- 5% disabled invited on-stage artists
Where we are now?
In March 2022, 50% of commissioned composers are men and 50% are women* (April 21-Mar 22), reaching our stated 2022 target in the Key Change campaign. 25% of commissioned composers are Global Majority backgrounds (April 21-Mar 22), a significant increase since 2018-19 (0%) and 2019-20 (8%). In the music that we programme, 60% of composers are men and 40% are women (April 21-Mar 22) and 18% of our programmed composers are Global Majority backgrounds (April 21-Mar 22).
*Please note these statistics are based on assumed data and therefore there may be a margin of error in these datasets
Since 2020, via changes we have made in our recruitment processes for participants, we have increased numbers from under-represented backgrounds in our talent development schemes for emerging composers, conductors and musicians. 50% of our Writing the Future composers were women, 25% were Black. 48% of selected participants for our conductor workshops in Dec 2020 were from Global Majority backgrounds and 16% were women. 25% of 2021 Academy participants were from Global Majority backgrounds. 56% were women.
How do we get there?
We will look to programme and commission more music creators from a variety of under-represented backgrounds including more Global Majority and disabled musicians. We will improve our monitoring techniques so that we are collecting demographic information across the board from more of the workforce. London Sinfonietta are signatories to Sound and Music's Fair Access Principals and we will continue to refine recruitment methods in order to run open and inclusive talent development programmes. In 2022 we have started a digital commissioning relationship with Drake Music enabling music creators to compose using music technology.
