Violist Tanya Maggi, Dean of Community Engagement and Professional Studies at the New England Conservatory, will present a lecture on community engagement for musicians, using music for social change, and creating impactful partnerships.

Tanya Maggi is the Dean of Community Engagement and Professional Studies at New England Conservatory of Music and a recognized leader in re-imagining the role musicians can play in their communities. Ms. Maggi is the former director of New England Conservatory’s Community Performances and Partnerships Program, a program she designed and led from 2003-2018, through which she worked with hundreds of conservatory students and community partners to create impactful programming in Boston neighborhoods. Extensively involved with arts and social advocacy initiatives across the country and abroad, Ms. Maggi has recently collaborated on community engagement projects with organizations such as the Panama Jazz Festival, the Perlman Music Program, Clarinets for Conservation in Moshi, Tanzania, and the Youth and Family Enrichment Services which serves immigrant communities in Boston. Ms. Maggi plays a leadership role in multiple arts education advocacy coalitions, including the Collegiate Music Outreach Network, the Boston Arts Consortium for Health, and the International Association of Music Medicine, as well as other community-based organizations that strive to use music as a means for social change.