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Youth orchestra to celebrate Black History Month with free Los Angeles concerts

Of this season's Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, founder and executive director Charles Dickerson said 65% are African American and around 30% are Latino.

Lecture at the University of Michigan on Ignatz Waghalter and the Negro Symphony Orchestra

The topic of the lecture was a significant episode in the history of 20th century American and world music—the establishment ...
Daily Trojan

Local youth orchestra unites community during King Day at California African American Museum

Actor and USC alum William Allen Young made an appearance at the celebration Monday, reciting poems to accompany the orchestra’s performance. (Aden Max Juarez / Daily Trojan) Music swelled inside the ...
The New Yorker

One Conductor’s Mission to Diversify Music in "The Orchestra Chuck Built"

Christopher Stoudt's film tells the story of a conductor leading the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and of the transformative power of music. ICYOLA is the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los ...
ABC News

Conductor brings classical music to Chicago's South Side with youth orchestra

Charles Dickerson is working to make classical music more inclusive. Charles Dickerson believes music teaches important life lessons. Dickerson is the founder, executive director and conductor of both ...