For quite a while now, musicians audition behind a screen and remove their shoes so judges can't infer their gender from footfalls. A stark reminder of how eas

For quite a while now, musicians audition behind a screen and remove their shoes so judges can't infer their gender from footfalls. A stark reminder of how easily discrimination creeps in is in the number of male music directors/conductors vs orchestra members. Obv conductors are hired "the old fashioned way."