RMA Council virtual privilege walk

Could you read more than one clef before entering university?

Have you ever lived in a household where there has been substance abuse?

Could you afford to travel more than 4 hours for post-secondary school auditions?

Is English your first language?

Did you live with both your biological parents throughout your childhood?

Did you own a tux/black concert wear or have to borrow it because you couldn’t afford it?

Were you born in the UK?

Did you own a metronome, tuner, music stand, cleaning supplies, and method books (in your language) while at school?

Did you have private music lessons before you were 18?

Did you finish school living in the same village, town, or city in which you started school?

Do you feel good about how your identities are portrayed by the media?

Did you have a disability that made it difficult to carry your instrument around?

Did your high school have a band or an orchestra?

Did your parents/guardians reliably attend your concerts?

Does your gender identity match the one assigned to you at birth?

Did you participate in an extra-curricular ensemble, like a county youth orchestra?

Did you ever attend summer music programs?

Have there been times in your life when you had to skip a meal or were hungry because there wasn't money to buy food?

Could your family afford to pay for you to participate in school band/choir/orchestra trips?

Have you ever been asked to speak on behalf of a group of people who share an identity with you?

Have you been the victim of physical violence on account of a protected characteristic?

Did you have a reliably quiet place to practice?

Was your childhood home financially stable?

Have you ever been passed over for employment or promotion based on a protected characteristic?

Did you attend a school whose intake was selected on the basis of academic achievement (e.g. an 11+ exam)?

Did you attend an elite (Ivy League/equivalent) university?

Were you assigned an instrument because it corresponded to particular ideas about your gender?

Could you afford to buy new music (not copy it from library, etc.)?

Were you ever taught “music theory” as a separate concept before university?

How is the music that is your passion primarily communicated?

Were your parents/guardians able to pay for your instrument?

When walking alone at night, have you ever taken steps to mitigate the risk of sexual assault?

Did your religion or culture prevent or discourage you from singing/playing (certain instruments or all)?

Did you have access to a professional quality instrument before age 18?

Did you have a piano or keyboard in your house growing up?

Did you attend a private school?

Did one of your family members play an instrument while you were growing up?

Do you have a hearing impairment?

Have you ever been a victim of sexual harassment or sexual violence?

Are/were either of your parents a professional musician?

Did you have a reliably safe space to store your instrument when not playing it?

Could you name 10 classical canonical pieces and their composers before you were 18?

Did you always presume you would go to university?

Were you ever bullied or made fun of (by peers, family, anyone) for playing music?

Can you show affection for your romantic partner in public without fear of undue attention, ridicule or violence?

Was the language spoken in your music lessons or school music rehearsals your first language?

Have you ever been told you were in the wrong public toilet?

Have you ever been spoken over because you couldn’t articulate your thoughts quickly enough?

Have you ever been made fun of or bullied for something you could not change or that was beyond your control?

Are you able to find band-aids at a corner store that are designed to blend in with or match your skin tone?

Does your place of work have holidays that are designed to coordinate with the religious festivals you celebrate?

Do you have a disability, whether visible or invisible?

Did you attend live concerts of any kind of music performed by professional musicians before you were age 18?