Study title

United Kingdom, Germany (October 1990-)

Individual

Organization

The data set for the British orchestras includes the 61 orchestras listed as full members of the Association of British Orchestras (see http://www.abo.org.uk/members/directory.aspx). Where available (in 43 out of 61 orchestras), demographic data was collected in relation to orchestral members’ name, gender, ethnic background, instrument, instrument group, and position, including conductors and artistic directors. Job sharers are also listed with ‘JS’ included in brackets after each name. The spreadsheet includes a column for instrument family and position: String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion including keyboards, Conductors, artistic/musical Directors. The data set for the British conservatoires includes the 8 conservatoires listed by the Conservatoires UK Admission Service (see http://www.cukas.ac.uk/) and is based on staff listings by department (eg. strings, woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboard etc.). Demographic data was collected in relation to staff members’ name, gender, ethnic background, instrument, instrument group, and position. ‘Vocal studies, opera and musical theatre’, as well as ‘Composition, production and music technology’ were combined due to overlap of staff roles and job titles. Job sharers are also listed with ‘JS’ included in brackets after each name. For comparability with the orchestra spreadsheet, the conservatoire spreadsheet includes a column for instrument family (String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Keyboards, Conducting). For Germany, the data set is based on the 24 conservatoires that are members of the German Association of Music Colleges. (http://www.die-deutschen-musikhochschulen.de/ueber-uns/mitglieder/start/). There are two spreadsheets: one contains data on the gender and ethnic background of staff members, whilst the other spreadsheet groups the information by gender and instrument. Note that ‘Performance’ relates to ‘Szenischer Unterricht’ and that music pedagogy and music therapy are subsumed under ‘Musikwissenschaft’. As compared to the spreadsheets on British conservatoires and orchestras, the names of individual staff members are not listed in the spreadsheets on German conservatoires. Attribution of gender: Where the gender was not obvious through photograph and/or name, a brief Google search was conducted. This method does, however, contain a margin of error. Attribution of ethnic background: Where photographs and/or biographical details were provided on the ensemble/conservatoire website, an assessment of ethnicity was made, based on the photograph, name and birthplace. In cases where only a few photographs were missing, a Google search was conducted. Again, this method does contain a margin of error. In the UK, many ensembles/organisations did not include photographs or biographical details, which explains why ethnic background has only been identified in relation to 17 orchestras (629 orchestra members) and 1345 out of 1787 conservatoire staff. This is relevant because it explains why the totals (male/female) versus (white/BAME) do not add up in these spreadsheets. The Arts Council, and other relevant cultural organisations use the two categories 'White' and 'BAME'. These categories have been used here for comparability.