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July 25, 2022
Conference 2022: We Are What We Play: Orchestral Repertoire in 2022 and Beyond (Innovation Session)
In this 2022 National Conference session, the Institute for Composer Diversity presents their Orchestra Repertoire Report 2022, produced in partnership with the League.
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July 1, 2022
Community, Climate, Composition, Collaboration
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Floods of Fire, a response to Australia’s environmental crisis, is the product of a large-scale collaboration. People from multiple backgrounds and groups came together to create the work—and the process may be more important than the result.
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July 1, 2022
Songs of the Earth
Climate change is a major focus for composers writing for orchestra. The topic is taking on increased urgency, with a broad swath of new works demonstrating multiple approaches—and even finding reasons for hope.
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June 16, 2022
2022 Orchestra Repertoire Report
A new report from the Institute for Composer Diversity, produced in partnership with the League of American Orchestras, finds significant increases in works by composers of color and women composers being performed by American orchestras.
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April 13, 2022
Festivals on the Move
Summer music festivals continue to adapt and change as they implement fresh approaches to concerts—in person and online.
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February 14, 2022
League of American Orchestras 2022 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview To Showcase Six Next-Gen Conductors Leading the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors Bertie Baigent, Tong Chen, Gonzalo Farias, Norman Huynh, Yuwon Kim, and François López-Ferrer will lead the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the League of American Orchestras’ Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, March 16-17, 2022 at New Orleans’s Orpheum Theater. A free concert at 7:30 pm CST on March 17 caps the event.
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January 14, 2022
Time Signatures
Composers have never shied from difficult subject matter or recent tragedies, but the period that began in March 2020 has been particularly challenging. Five creators share how they are documenting, reflecting, and responding with new orchestral works.
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January 14, 2022
New World Stages
Many emerging musicians were about to make their marks at orchestras nationwide when the pandemic hit. Some put their careers on pause, while others performed online or used the time to address issues of racial equity and social justice. As concert life gradually returns, what’s next for emerging musicians in today’s shifting landscape?
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January 14, 2022
Transfigured Nights
The pandemic may not be over, but this fall felt different, as fuller indoor concert schedules resumed. A recent concert road trip proved how much in-person concerts have been missed by audiences and musicians alike.
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January 14, 2022
Forward Thinking: The Roots of Success
Pianist Lang Lang is an international star—but he forged his career here in the U.S., where he moved as a teenager to study and then performed with American orchestras large and small. It was a formative experience that he still values, as he resumes touring, runs a foundation that connects young people around the world with classical music, and takes on new artistic challenges. League President and CEO Simon Woods interviews Lang Lang.
