Partnership to improve Black experience of classical music

Trinity Laban has partnered with Black Lives in Music (BLiM) to address inequalities faced by Black students.

The arrangement builds on recent work by the London conservatoire to establish a Black Lives Matter working group, hold listening sessions with staff and students and create a system for anonymously reporting micro-aggressions.

BLiM's team will support Trinity Laban to "work towards tangible culture change within the next two years," the school says.

This will involve specific funding for students of African and Caribbean heritage, decolonising the curriculum and performance repertoire, anti-racism training for music faculty staff, and a review of staff recruitment and professional development policies within the faculty.

Trinity Laban Principal Anthony Bowne said: "To uphold our core belief in equality we must examine our structures as an institution and dismantle the inequalities within them."

"Through this partnership we can work to meaningfully celebrate, encourage and ensure diversity in our art forms."