{"id":46188,"date":"2017-06-28T18:43:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=46188"},"modified":"2017-06-28T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T22:46:45","slug":"the-scoop-tso-turns-altercation-into-teachable-event-for-100-young-patrons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/06\/28\/the-scoop-tso-turns-altercation-into-teachable-event-for-100-young-patrons\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP |\u00a0TSO Turns Altercation Into &#8220;Teachable Event&#8221; for 100 Young Patrons"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46190\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Aisha-Ahmad-photo-Emily-Agard.ProfAishaAhmad.jpg\" alt=\"Aisha Ahmad (Photo: Emily Agard\/@ProfAishaAhmad)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Aisha-Ahmad-photo-Emily-Agard.ProfAishaAhmad.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Aisha-Ahmad-photo-Emily-Agard.ProfAishaAhmad-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Aisha-Ahmad-photo-Emily-Agard.ProfAishaAhmad-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aisha Ahmad (Photo: Emily Agard\/@ProfAishaAhmad)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2017\/06\/22\/the-scoop-woman-assaulted-at-roy-thomson-hall-for-taking-a-photo-of-the-tso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last week&#8217;s physical altercation between two patrons<\/a>, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has responded with an announcement to offer 100 tickets to underprivileged youth who might not otherwise be able to attend a symphonic\u00a0performance. This proposition was reached after direct consultation with victim Aisha Ahmad, and aims to reinforce\u00a0the TSO&#8217;s mandate for diversity and inclusion of all patrons.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Musical Toronto, TSO Director of Public Relations Francine Labelle shared the rationale behind the initiative: &#8220;After the incident, Prof. Ahmad suggested we offer tickets to underprivileged youth to attend a live TSO performance, to &#8216;turn a bad experience into a teaching moment and a good outcome for Toronto.&#8217; We agreed it would be a great community building idea. So yes, this is in response to Prof. Ahmad\u2019s experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The TSO continues to build upon their\u00a0track record of\u00a0community engagement and awareness. Other initiatives include the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2017\/04\/12\/the-scoop-tso-musician-donates-trumpet-to-syrian-refuge-in-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donation of a trumpet to a Syrian refugee by Principal Trumpet Andrew McCandless<\/a>, a name-blind recruitment policy to increase diversity amongst musicians, plus bringing immigrant families to TSO performances, among other outreach campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Labelle added, &#8220;The TSO has been trying to reach out to the community and be more accessible, but we\u2019re always looking for new ways to accomplish this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scoop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to last week&#8217;s physical altercation between patrons, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra announces a block of tickets for 100 underprivileged youth to foster a more inclusive audience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":46190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,39,60,63,1],"tags":[9658,9644,9659,6562,3360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Aisha-Ahmad-photo-Emily-Agard.ProfAishaAhmad.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-c0Y","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46188"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46203,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46188\/revisions\/46203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46188"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=46188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}