{"id":65634,"date":"2022-02-16T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/explore-peabody\/our-vision\/deans-office\/next-normal\/flexibility-is-the-future-nov-17-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:15:18","slug":"flexibility-is-the-future-nov-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/explore-peabody\/deans-office\/next-normal\/flexibility-is-the-future-nov-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexibility is the Future: Nov 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Flexibility is the Future<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"intro_text\">November 17, 2021<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">As a follow-up to our <a href=\"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/explore-peabody\/deans-office\/next-normal\/arts-innovation-and-resilience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 2021 symposium<\/a> exploring innovation and resilience, The Next Normal 2.0: Flexibility is the Future focused on t<\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\">he urgent\u00a0need to build\u00a0performing arts\u00a0institutions that are more flexible and adaptable structurally and programmatically,\u00a0responsive to communities,\u00a0and\u00a0open to evolving ways of making art.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">This free, virtual event brought forward innovative artists and administrators presenting and discussing their real-world experience, centered around the following thematic questions:<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">How might we address the barriers that impede institutional adaptability, nimbleness, innovation, and sustainability in the performing arts today?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph\">What kind of structural changes in our business and operating models can we imagine to<span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u00a0enable\u00a0institutions to respond to the needs of their communities in real time?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph\">How can the institutions that train performing artists today instill the values of flexibility and responsiveness as central to the mindset and skillset of future artists and leaders<span class=\"normaltextrun\">?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can view the recorded presentations and panel discussions from this event below, and please stay tuned for news about the next important event in the Next Normal series.<\/p>\n<h2>View the Presentations and Panels<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLszXebyeLZ-BvkC5PhxglppWyUaDQ5Hr8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>A Note from the Dean<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you for participating in The Next Normal 2.0: Flexibility is the Future. Between the inspiring presentations, thoughtful panel discussions, and active participation of attendees in the chat and Q&amp;As, we surfaced so many critical issues facing the field and heard about creative approaches that are working right now to start to turn the tide toward a more open, flexible, inclusive, relevant, responsive, and nimble future for the performing arts.<\/p>\n<p>There is much work to do as we continue to address the long-term issues challenging our field. But I am confident that the curiosity, honesty, commitment to growth, and comfort with discomfort that were evident throughout this Next Normal dialogue are exactly the attributes that will sustain us in this work.<\/p>\n<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3>Presenters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VUNjgh7kAxU\"><strong>Brad Balliett<\/strong><\/a>, co-Artistic Director, Decoda, and bassoon faculty, The Peabody Conservatory<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/keMZbkvbVGA\"><strong>Alan Brown<\/strong><\/a>, Principal, WolfBrown Consultants<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FNv6VryRFu8\"><strong>Jake Heggie<\/strong><\/a>, composer and pianist<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZJDgNX3XLYY\"><strong>Sarah Johnson<\/strong><\/a>, Chief Education Officer and Director, Carnegie Hall\u2019s Weill Music Institute<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S8zpZ-b2QK4\"><strong>Wendel Patrick<\/strong><\/a>, music producer, and assistant professor in Hip Hop, The Peabody Conservatory<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RwckPy_utrk\"><strong>Krishna Thiagarajan<\/strong><\/a>, President and CEO, Seattle Symphony\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f-WbQQ12C5Q\"><strong>Jawole Willa Jo Zollar<\/strong><\/a>, Founding Artistic Director\/Chief Visioning Partner, Urban Bush Women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Moderator<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sBHqHRW-IDw\"><strong>Fred Bronstein<\/strong><\/a>, Dean, The Peabody Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3>Panelists<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Howard Herring<\/strong>, President and CEO, New World Symphony<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Jones<\/strong>, Professor of Trumpet and Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of Jazz Studies, The Peabody Conservatory<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Kessler<\/strong>, Executive Dean, College of Performing Arts and Dean, Mannes School of Music<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alysia Lee<\/strong>, Fine Arts Education Program Supervisor, Maryland State Department of Education; Founder and Artistic Director, Sister Cities Girlchoir; professional studies faculty, The Peabody Conservatory<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timothy O\u2019Leary<\/strong>, General Director, Washington National Opera<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alan Pierson<\/strong>, Artistic Director, Alarm Will Sound<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susan Zhang<\/strong>, Co-Director, The Concert Truck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flexibility is the Future November 17, 2021 As a follow-up to our February 2021 symposium exploring innovation and resilience, The Next Normal 2.0: Flexibility is the Future focused on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":51683,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65634","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65634"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95731,"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65634\/revisions\/95731"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}