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For These Classical Musicians, It’s Always Been About Racial Equity The work now being taken up by large institutions has long been the purpose of many smaller ones. We spoke with seven of them. From left, Avery Boettcher, Olivia Johnson and Kaswanna Kanyinda in Michigan Opera Theater’s “Twilight: Gods,” a production that engaged local artists in Detroit.Credit.Brittany Greeson for The New York Times Jan. 27, 2021 Last year was different. Black Lives Matter, in the national psyche for nearly a decade, crested with the killing of George Floyd and weeks of widespread demonstrations that could no longer be ignored — even by classical music. Orchestras and opera companies posted statements of solidarity, however platitudinous, denouncing racism and promising a more equitable future for an industry that has historically been led by white administrators and designed to maintain a status quo that gives white artists the advantage over their underrepresented peer

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