The RI Phil Orchestra & Music School's mission is to enrich and transform Rhode Island and our region through great live symphonic performances and music education. To further this mission, we offer concerts and education programs of exceptional quality that are relevant and accessible to all.

We believe that our work can help achieve a more just and equitable society and have worked for many years to use music as a tool to further equity and opportunity in our community.

We work with many partners to further our efforts to expand access, including the Papitto Opportunity Connection (POC), the Rhode Island Foundation, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, as well as mayors, school superintendents, principals, teachers, and many other organizations and individuals who share our vision.

On our stages, in our classrooms, and with our partners, we are committed to harnessing music's power to inspire, transform, educate and unify, including within our own organization. As such, we:

• Ensure that the Orchestra performs a significant number of works each season written by exceptional living composers, and composers with diverse backgrounds and voices;
• Perform free concerts in Providence, Pawtucket and elsewhere;
• Work to keep quality high, and ticket prices and tuition affordable;
• Create pathways for students through free and subsidized learning opportunities like Link Up and the Victoria's Dream Project, and employ third party researchers to evaluate our efforts;
• Offer financial aid to students who cannot afford tuition at the Music School;
• Employ hiring and audition practices that value and further quality and diversity;
• Hold ourselves accountable for results.

Through these and other actions, we seek to provide pathways for more performers, educators, composers and arts leaders from diverse backgrounds who will enrich, enliven and expand access to our concert halls and classrooms for generations to come. By listening to, celebrating, empowering and reflecting the many voices that make up our communities and our profession, we can honor the past, and forge a bright and exciting future for symphonic music and music education, and contribute to the cultural, educational and economic vibrancy of our region.