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Understanding Audience Motivations in a Time of Ongoing Uncertainty

Join us Tuesday, January 25, for a webinar with Slover Linett Audience Research and LaPlaca Cohen

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Let's get together in Los Angeles this summer, June 1-3. More details coming soon!

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League Legacy Society: Your Legacy Matters

Planned giving enables individuals like you who care deeply about the League’s mission to fortify the League’s critical work beyond your lifetime.

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Essentials of Orchestra Management

Essentials of Orchestra Management, the premier orchestra management course in the United States, is returning to New York after nearly a decade! Presented in collaboration with Juilliard Extension on the Lincoln Center Campus July 24 – August 2, 2022, applications will open on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
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Event Executive Leadership & Management

January 31, 2022 - February 1, 2022

Leading in a Time of Change: The 2022 Online Midwinter Managers Meeting

The Midwinter Managers Meeting provides an intensive opportunity to connect with your peers on multiple topics over the course of two days. Save the dates for our next Midwinter Managers Meeting, taking place online, Monday-Tuesday January 31-February 1, 2022.

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December 16, 2021

2022 Calendar of Opportunities: 117th Congress, 2nd Session

Dates members of Congress are expected to be home, along with key advocacy opportunities and some suggested actions you can take.

Spotlight

Sonja Thoms, Vice President of Operations for the Nashville Symphony

I am only realizing now how much my musicianship can teach me about leadership, teamwork, community, mission alignment, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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