Pure crap …

… To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions - The New York Times.

The point of an orchestra is not to be diverse, but to be as good as possible. If you want to pursue this line of purported reasoning, then you should determine the race and gender of the orchestra’s subscribers, and use that as your guide. Better yet, get the best players you can, and stop reading Anthony Tommasini.