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The Diversity & Inclusion Resource Center is designed to provide practical and helpful insight, advice, and a path to greater diversity and inclusion in every part of your organization. Hundreds of free resources — including two pioneering diversity studies published by the League — are available to help you better understand and create a deeper connection with your community. Our CommitmentFor the League of American Orchestras, achieving diversity means affirming the inclusion and involvement of a broad representation of our community, reflecting its true make-up, including race, ethnicity and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, disabilities, education, geography, and religion. The League has pledged to:
To get started, choose an interest area from the menu on the right or scroll down to see the most recently added content. Commentary from Jesse RosenA Time to Act (August 2017)
Read a statement from our CEO, Jesse Rosen, on the role of orchestras in this time of escalated divisiveness and intolerance.
Confronting homogeneity at American orchestras is the focus of Jesse Rosen’s article in Grantmakers in the Arts’ GIA Reader. Read it here. League President and CEO Jesse Rosen spoke on diversity in American orchestras at the recent conference of the Association of British Orchestras. Studies
The League’s 72nd National Conference took place in Detroit, June 6-8, 2017. Sessions included: |
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Case study of the nation's largest El Sistema-inspired program, OrchKids
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Developing Your Diversity Plan
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Session on Resourcing Diversity Work with Janet Brown, president & CEO, Grantmakers in the Arts; Susan Feder, program officer, performing arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Marian Godfrey, cultural advisor, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; Edwin Torres, deputy commissioner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Session on Inclusive Leadership with Andrés Tapia, senior client partner, Korn Ferry Hay Group and author of The Inclusion Paradox - 2nd Edition: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity.
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Music Unwound: Connecting Underrepresented Communities to Orchestras through the Humanities
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Diversity Fellowship overview
Symphony Articles
A New Will to Confront Homogeneity in American Orchestras: this article by League President and CEO Jesse Rosen originally appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of the GIA Reader, a publication of Grantmakers in the Arts.
How Can Orchestras Become More Diverse: League President and CEO speaks with a roundtable of distinguished African American orchestral musicians about their lives at American orchestras.
The State of the Board: Report from BoardSource on board diversity—and how to increase it.
Forward Steps: Orchestras are working to broaden musician diversity with a rich array of talent-development projects, fellowships, and mentoring programs.
The Diversity & Inclusion Resource Center is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Update on Diversity Work (September 2017)
- A Time to Act (August 2017)
- Update on Diversity Work (November 2016)
- Quick Start Resources
- Best Practices in Orchestras & Other Arts Organizations
- Best Practices in Other Fields
- Board Resources
- Business Case for Diversity
- Legal Landscape
- Management Resources
- Publications, Reading Lists & Research