4. Leslie Wu Foley - Tanglewood/Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Thinking Like A Region

C4 Initiative at MCLA

23 episodes

5 days ago

Through interviews with some of the region's most unique and interesting voices, we're cracking open the connections between arts learning and workforce skills in Berkshire County, MA

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Through interviews with some of the region's most unique and interesting voices, we're cracking open the connections between arts learning and workforce skills in Berkshire County, MA

Non-Profit

Business

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4. Leslie Wu Foley - Tanglewood/Boston Symphony Orchestra

Thinking Like A Region

24 minutes 38 seconds

3 years ago

4. Leslie Wu Foley - Tanglewood/Boston Symphony Orchestra

Hosted by Johan Serrano, a senior at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, this episode of Thinking Like a Region spotlights Leslie Wu Foley, Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Foley speaks on the journey she took as a musician, from picking up musical instruments at a young age to her current placement with the renowned orchestra, along with the challenges they face in becoming inclusive and reaching out to the greater Massachusetts community in the midst of a pandemic.

This episode focuses on the creative capacities of problem-solving, focus, communication, discipline, persistence, leading by example, creating a shared voice, and finding your sense of purpose. Listen in to hear how Foley and the entire Orchestra work as a team to create music for a region.

You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/TALR-LWF

Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County’s Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Leslie Appleget and Lisa Donovan. Technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue.

For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4.

THIS EPISODE’S VOICES:

Leslie Wu Foley currently serves as the Helaine B. Allen Director of Education and Community Engagement at Boston Symphony Orchestra. Foley graduated from Princeton University with a degree in art history. She has previously worked with New York Philharmonic, and has served as Director of the Center for Art and Community Partnerships at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Associate Director of the Tanglewood Music Center, Executive Director of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Director of Admissions at the Longy School of Music, and Assistant Producer of BSO broadcasts at WCRB.

Johan Serrano is a senior and arts management major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.