Diversity & Inclusion Speaker

Aiden is a speaker and educator in gender diversity and inclusion, especially in the fields of classical music and opera. They train and consult corporate organizations, small businesses, community groups, opera companies, and other types of groups looking to increase their diversity education.

Aiden specializes in transgender and nonbinary inclusion and sensitivity, but is also committed to intersectional diversity and inclusion. They bring their expertise to every diversity and inclusion training session in order to create the most robust recruitment action plans.

Recent Speaking Engagements

Chicago Opera Theater, What the Fach? panel with Stephanie Blythe & Anthony Roth Costanzo (2021)
Fresh Inc Festival, Panel on Transgender & Nonbinary Experience in Classical Music (2021)
League of American Orchestras, Mental Health & Wellness Panel 2021
American Composers Forum & I Care If You Listen, Uneven Measures Series 2020
Dallas Symphony, Women in Classical Music Symposium 2020
Candles Holocaust Museum and Education Center, International Day of Peace 2019
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Classical Roots Festival 2019
League of American Orchestras, National Conference 2019
New Music Gathering, Conference 2018
New York Opera Alliance, Gender in Opera Panel

Recent Consulting Clients

LA Phil
Chamber Music America
OPERA America
Fresh Inc Festival
The League of American Orchestras
New Music USA
Gabriela Lena Frank's Creative Academy of Music
Boulanger Initiative
National Orchestral Institute + Festival
Institute of Composer Diversity
American Composers Forum
New Music Gathering

Podcast Guest Appearances

Lexical Tones by ADJective New Music
Looseleaf Notebook with Julia Adolphe
Second Run Revisions
Popaganda Podcast with B*tch Media