
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Announces 2025 MAC Music Innovator
By Francisco Salazar(Credit: Kaupo Kikkas)
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced Randall Goosby as its 2025 MAC Music Innovator, a designation that amplifies Black leaders of classical music who embody artistic innovation and a passion for community engagement and education.
With support from the Multicultural Awareness Council, a volunteer group that supports audience engagement initiatives with the Orchestra, Goosby will collaborate with the CSO’s Community Engagement, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) and Learning departments to create a distinctive residency that includes educational and community engagement programs.
The residency will include masterclasses with students from the CSO’s Nouveau Program and students from the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras.
In a statement, Dr. Kori Hill Chair of MAC said, “The MAC Music Innovator, in name and purpose, enacts a core mission of the CSO Multicultural Awareness Council to showcase the diversity of performers within American classical music. This community-focused artist-in-residence program is an essential tool to connect with audiences and inspire the next generation of music lovers, supporters, and professional musicians in the Greater Cincinnati region. MAC is honored to showcase the immense talent of Randall Goosby as the 2025 MAC Music Innovator.”
Goosby is the recipient of several prizes including the Harmony for Change Award by Midori & Friends, the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Robey Artist by Young Classical Artists Trust in partnership with Music Masters in London, and the Sphinx Concerto Competition.
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