California Festival: Exploring Statewide Collaboration and Musical Innovation Marni Cook, Senior Director of Advocacy, Advocacy & Community Engagement, San Francisco Symphony, Veronika Krausas, Composer and Professor at USC Thornton School of Music; Meghan Umber, Senior Vice President Programming, LA Phil
Tyler Rand, Managing Director, Advisory Board for the Arts, Kathryn R Martin, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Symphony; Elizabeth Shribman, Chief of Staff, San Francisco Symphony; Stephanie Stallings, Executive Director; Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Musical Bridges: A Case Study in Building Partnerships Between Orchestras and Cultural Communities Issy Farris, Vice President of Operations and Education, Long Beach Symphony; Rong-Huey Liu, Principal Oboe, Long Beach Symphony; praCh Ly, KHMERASPORA writer, director, performer; Kelly Ruggirello, President, Long Beach Symphony; Facilitator: Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director, Peninsula Symphony of Northern California
Opening Plenary: The Bre(a)dth of the Task Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts