Screening out sexism | IMGpapers 1976

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symphony closed.

but despite equal pay members are women music colleges, it DELEGATES TO the Musicians the week overshelmingly passed major resolution against sesun discrimination in the judasers reports Central London branci legatle LENDSAYCOOPER.

The conterence voted to peess Holland.

orchestras major sector of pon-casual musito introduce screened auditions for a year's trial period, so that the geoder of The union's anti-discrimination petey dates back to 1955 branches of the profession, equal Only 9,8 per pent of the union's BLE DONIE simply a Since orchestral players are trained for the most part by is casier to discover the fate of trained worseh that those involved ie jazz and SCLECLOT opular ciusic. Hail che stadent n London's music colleges an women out ons te per cool o full-time orchestral players And only one woman is employed by botoriously discriminatory London Sympbony Orchestra Screened auditions are already standard practice in at least nice major US orchestras and in 1be Concertgebeow All player audition chind screens and the best li See Than poes wait and have abroady demon general skill and suisability for the job Proposing the motion at the Jenny Fisher from crihed how unproductive the two meetings betreen the branch communee and orcosta casna pers and board representatives Their attitude was Elisaoch Hambledon, former the Working Women's Charter Camosien emphasised thar screened audi tians would prevent discrimina yur alsa of race, age and partie disablement. Many women, ab said, simply don't apply for job because they know bow criminatory the present selectors Encouragingly few voices were raised against the marion, though a Midlands delgate archange their selection methods to get around the scrocaed proce reminded conterence higher proportion of women employed in regional orchestras which is bardly surprising since the pay and competition fol London.

After a long debate ou Line motions dealing with the Social Contract, the conference coboilded by weakly resolving not to be associsted will tHriner ray re: traint unless there is a prostise of Goverument price control emeruent moton to sulport the Grunwick strikers was passed and a collection made for the

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SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 21 July 1977