Orpheus

I'm Dina. I've been playing with the Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Orchestra for six years.

For as long as any of us remember, orchestras have been organized the same way. A conductor decides what they will play, who will they play and how they'll play.

This isn't that different from how most teams are organized. In 1972, a group of classical musicians in New York City wanted to make music in a radically new, collaborative way They formed Orpheus and broke the mold.

I'm Jim, and I will share with you how Orpheus succeeded where many teams get stuck. With a conductor model, it's always the same person making the decisions.

Orpheus transfers creativity and ownership from one conductor to every single musician in the orchestra. We all are creative.

All the musicians lead. At Orpheus, everyone can play a solo, serve as concertmaster, speak up in rehearsals.

We rotate in and out of roles. Rather than following one person's direction, we tune into and respond to each other in the moment as we are playing.

We have developed structures to help us make decisions together. Assemble a unique creative team to orchestrate each piece of music.

All structure and hierarchy are time-limited. And that's how we make magic.

Hi, I'm Alan. And in addition to playing the clarinet, I teach other teams how to collaborate like we do.

Orpheus wins awards for our music, but we're most proud of how we work together. We have developed a radically collaborative way of working where everyone brings out the best of each other.

The results are better and it's more fulfilling to work this way. At Orpheus, everyone steps up, puts their whole self into the work and creates together!

We invite you to learn our approach so that your team can make beautiful music together