Mitchell Korn

Teaches at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Mitchell Korn is one of our nation's most important leaders in music and interdisciplinary education and policy. The Wall Street Journal has called him a “one man arts education industry.” Symphony Magazine last year called him a "music education guru." Mr. Korn, founder and president of MitchellKornArts, and former Vice President for Education and Community Engagement of the Nashville Symphony and Schermerhorn Symphony Center, is credited with creating, designing and implementing the nation's most important arts education initiatives including New York's Annenberg Initiative, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE), The San Francisco School of the Arts, Nashville’s Music Education City, and many more. This year he continues his term as The Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music Professor for Music and Community, Adjunct. He is a Bard College Senior Fellow for arts policy and planning and the former Yale School of Music, Harvard University Graduate School of Education and Royal Conservatory lecturer on arts education planning and policy. He is the recipient of numerous awards and tributes including Parents Magazine “As They Grow” Award, honoring his efforts in "making the world a safer, healthier, and happier place for children."