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October 23, 2024
U.S. Department of Education Message to School Officials: Access Support for Arts Education
In a culmination of years of advocacy, earlier this month the U.S. Department of Education’s Deputy Secretary issued a letter to state education officials reinforcing the ways federal funding can be used to support arts education within the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
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April 28, 2021
The Score: Spring 2021
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July 17, 2024
Conference 2024: Opening Session and Gold Baton Award
Conference 2024's Opening Session showcased the Houston Youth Symphony, a keynote address from Gabriela Lena Frank, and the presentation of the Gold Baton Award to Lee Koonce.
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November 3, 2021
The Score: Fall 2021
In this issue: Orchestras Mark 20th Anniversary of 9/11; Sounds of Summer; New Homes for Orchestras; Women Composers on the Map
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January 14, 2022
The Score: Winter 2022
In this issue: Omicron Impact; · Symphony Magazine Article Wins Award; Messiah Reconsidered; Youth Orchestras Return
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April 13, 2022
Home, Sweet Home
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new YOLA headquarters in Inglewood represents a commitment to free music-making for young people in an underserved neighborhood. It arrives as music education is becoming increasingly important for youth orchestras and communities.
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July 17, 2024
Conference 2024: CPR for Growing Audience (Care, Programming, Reinvention)
TRG Arts' Eric Nelson and leaders from three orchestras discussed strategies in audience engagement and development.
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April 28, 2021
Lockdown Learning
Though in-person instruction has been mostly shut down since the pandemic began in 2020, youth orchestras have been finding myriad ways to rehearse and perform, socially distanced. And some of the changes will likely be lasting, informing music education in the future.
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April 12, 2024
Activating Artistry to Improve Youth Outcomes
Webinar recording; registration required.
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June 21, 2023
Conference 2023: Opening Concert and Keynote
We kicked off the League's 78th National Conference in beautiful Heinz Hall with performances by both the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras, as well as a keynote by National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson.