Writing by Henry Cheng

The Shared Baton

Essays on orchestral leadership, public trust, education and institutional life.

Essays

Reverse chronological

Why music does not need to fix us to help us.

On the misalignment between vision, goals and outcomes.

I didn’t expect K-pop to prove it.

Why some regional orchestras plateau and others are built to scale.

On placing education inside an orchestra’s operating model.

Responsibility, trust and the public role of artistic leadership.

Leadership, risk and accountability beyond the podium.

Regional institutions and the geography of orchestral culture.