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Advancing the Orchestral Experience for All

Learn how the League leads, supports, and champions America’s orchestras and the vitality of the music they perform.

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New Directions

The latest issue of Symphony magazine explores a year of challenge and innovation for orchestras.

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Welcome to Our New EDI Resource Center!

Find new resources that are better organized, offer concrete advice, and are easier to use with your board, staff, and musicians. And there’s much more to help you advance equity, diversity, and inclusion!

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Stronger Together: League Giving Days June 1-30, 2021

There has never been a better time to make a gift. All Stronger Together gifts will be matched dollar for dollar up to $100K thanks to the generous support of the Julian Family Foundation.

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What We Do

We serve our vibrant and civically engaged orchestral community

We help members thrive and achieve long-term success through our programs, research, and learning resources.

News & Events

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OSR: Orchestra Statistical Report

This year’s substantially abbreviated survey is available to orchestras of all sizes. League member orchestras that participate in the 2019-20 OSR survey will receive a detailed benchmarking report containing financial and operating data about peer orchestras and the ability to request custom analyses. The survey also helps academics, funders, and arts researchers who can use the information to advocate for the orchestra field and to create a better understanding of it.

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Learn Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

June 3, 2021

How Orchestra Boards Can Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: A Guide from the League of American Orchestras

This new Guide makes the case for the vital importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion at orchestras—from the board perspective. The authors, board members themselves, discuss the urgency of this work and offer practical advice, contextual information, and strategies for boards and orchestras to become truly representative of the communities they serve.

Grants & Opportunities

Ford Musician Awards for Excellence in Community Service

Orchestra musicians are devoting increased personal resources to community engagement and educational activities that extend beyond the concert hall, and pivoting in new and creative ways to deliver this work virtually during the pandemic.

Spotlight

Janet Chen, Chief Executive Officer of ProMusica

Musicians have all the reflexes that will come naturally in a transition to arts administration, because you innately know what it takes to deliver a program or performance—putting the music first.

: Spotlight: Janet Chen

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Our Other Sites and Services

Symphony Magazine

Symphony, the quarterly magazine of the League of American Orchestras, reports on the critical issues, trends, personalities, and developments of the orchestra world.

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The HUB

The center for all you need to know about important media coverage of orchestras and the cultural scene and what is happening in our field.
League360

A forum for members to communicate with other League members and make connections across our vast community of orchestras.
Artists from Abroad

Resources for navigating the visa and tax rules for performances by international artists in the U.S.