Mission
Use music to overcome social exclusion by elevating minority voices in classical music through high quality musical performance, education, and community engagement.
Why is this important?
This orchestra is a minority-serving institution, an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to increasing diversity of all kind
QUEENS: A new generation of women composers
Women represent only 5 percent of the pieces scheduled in classical music concerts today.
Just over one percent of the pieces programmed are composed by Black & Asian women.
The mission of our first concert was to create and promote spaces for a new generation of women composers.
