Tacet No More

Michael O’Bryan and Frank Machos on Creative Education to Shape the Future


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Welcome to Tacet No More: where we are asking the questions that need to be asked, and saying the things that need to be said about classical music.

This is a landing pad for positive discussions about our belief in the power of music to better humanity, and we will invite voices - from all sectors - to inspire us and the work we do on and off the stage.

In this episode, our guests are:

  • Michael O’Bryan, a practitioner and researcher in the fields of community development, organizational culture, and human well-being. Michael is the founder of management consulting firm humanature, and a Distinguished Resident Fellow at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation.
  • Frank Machos is Executive Director, Office of The Arts & Creative Learning at the School District of Philadelphia. He has a PhD in Creativity from the University of the Arts, served as a music educator before his administrative roles, and is an active saxophonist in the Philadelphia music community.

In the episode, we discuss:

  • How to advocate with a united voice for access to arts education in schools.
  • The problematic history of public schools that has decentered humanity and prioritized inequitable outcomes.
  • Reenvisioning school systems that utilize creativity to support all types of learners and future life paths beyond school.
  • How education can see possibility in and partner with AI.
  • What opportunities for change in education systems there might be in this moment of volatility.
  • How to approach audience development in a way that doesn’t just prioritize building future paying customers.
  • Real talk about the problem with allowing some arts organizations to fail while others are bailed out.

Mentioned in the episode:
  • Drexel University’s The Wealth + Work Futures Lab
  • Humanature
  • Philadelphia School District’s Office of Arts and Creative Learning
  • Origins of school testing - “The Vexing Legacy of Lewis Terman”
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer: “Landmark Pa. school funding case decided: The state’s system is unconstitutional”
  • Preview of Khalil Munir’s 1 Pound 4 Ounces
  • Resilience Theory

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Tacet No More is produced by Joseph Conyers, Yumi Kendall, Andrew Mellor, Lindsay Sheridan, and Brenda Hernández Jaimes.

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