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April 3, 2024
EDI Data Hub
The League of American Orchestras EDI Data Hub tracks the impact of the orchestra field’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work over time, and supports our collective efforts to accelerate change.
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April 3, 2024
Demographics Summary
While showing positive change in the diversity of repertoire performed by orchestras, our data highlights the work ahead for orchestras to accelerate progress on-stage and within their own organizations.
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April 3, 2024
Inclusive Cultures
Preview key insights from the attitudinal data supplied by 1936 musicians and 830 staff members working in these orchestras. Collectively, these insights provide an indicative overview of inclusion and belonging in U.S. orchestras today.
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April 3, 2024
Board Diversity
From a low starting point, BIPOC representation on orchestra boards doubled between 2014 and 2024. Gender parity was maintained throughout the decade 2014-2024, but the representation of women and non-binary individuals was highest in smaller to medium budget organizations.
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April 3, 2024
Top Executive Diversity
From a low starting point, BIPOC representation among top executives increased three-fold between 2014 and 2024. Women and non-binary individuals’ representation almost mirrored the U.S. population throughout the decade, but was highest within smaller to medium budget organizations.
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April 3, 2024
Staff Diversity
Following a decade of moderate growth overall and a strong increase in Black representation during the pandemic years, BIPOC representation reached 23.3% in 2024. In common with other performing arts sectors, women’s representation was higher than men’s throughout the decade, while non-binary representation notably increased.
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April 3, 2024
Musician Diversity
The decade 2014-2024 saw little progress towards improving the very low representation of Black musicians, and only modest increases for other BIPOC groups.
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April 3, 2024
Conductor Diversity
Both racial/ethnic and gender diversity improved significantly during the period 2014-2024, with notable progress made in the representation of all racial/ethnic groups.
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April 3, 2024
Music Director Diversity
In 2024, 86.3% of music directors were male, and 75.9% were White. Only modest overall progress was made during the decade 2014-2024: Black representation decreased, as did the representation of women music directors in larger budget orchestras.