Association for Opera in Canada and Orchestras Canada are excited to partner with BIPOC Voices on their latest successfully funded project, the Canadian Orchestral and Opera Repertoire Reports.  

What is it? 

The Repertoire Reports will comprise a baseline and longitudinal study of changes and trends in orchestral and operatic program vis a vis works by female-presenting, trans, non-binary, and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) composers. BIPOC Voices is also collaborating with the Institute for Composer Diversity on this timely research.

Rich Coburn held a short webinar on February 7th, introducing the project in more detail and explaining the simple steps you can take to support the project and improve the resulting reports. 

View the English recording here

View the French recording here

What can you do? 

The Data Collection Phase of the reports kicked off this February. We invite you to be a part of creating the first ever Canada-wide reports on how works by how underrepresented composers are programmed, and how that is changing.  

Submit your repertoire lists now

How your data will be used 

There will be two resulting reports; one on our opera companies and one on our orchestras. These reports will measure how underrepresented composers have been programmed across multiple seasons. This anonymized data will be used to measure progress in future seasons.