Equity, Diversity, Access, and Inclusion
More than 200 people, representing the LA Phil’s orchestra, board, staff, and Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) alumni, were engaged in the creation of the following EDI Guiding Statement. While these individuals may be radically different from one another with respect to their lived experiences, histories, and identities, they share a belief in the importance of diversity, equity, access, and inclusion as well as in the role music and the arts have to play in building a better, more compassionate world.
This is ongoing work that will continue to evolve and from which we will continue to learn.
EDI Guiding Statement
The LA Phil believes in and supports the importance of diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and a discrimination-free organization, as well as in the role music and the arts have to play in building a better, more compassionate world.
The LA Phil began its life as an orchestra in 1919. Today, the orchestra is the foundation and heart of an institution that has evolved to also include a wide range of performing arts presentations, the music learning initiative Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), the stewardship of four venues—Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, The Ford, and the Beckmen YOLA Center—and a growing media presence.
We are guided by the words of LA Phil Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel who said, “The future is the present.” We take responsibility for the future through our actions and aspirations today.