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EdCE on the Rise
Member-only ContentIn August, the League of American Orchestras released Of and For the Community: Education and Community Engagement Work of Orchestras, which reveals marked growth in education and community engagement (EdCE) activity by orchestras between 2009 and 2014. Here are excerpts and highlights from the report.
Wireless microphones: where are we now?
The League, as part of a larger Performing Arts Wireless Microphone Working Group, has recently been representing orchestras in a series of meetings at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and earlier this week filed joint comments to the FCC.
Ford Musician Awards for Excellence in Community Service – 2017 Awardees
Now in its fourth year, the League’s Ford Musician Awards program, made possible by the generous support of Ford Motor Company Fund, honors and celebrates professional orchestra musicians who provide exemplary and meaningful service in their communities and make a significant impact through education and community engagement.
Videos: 2017 Ford Music Awardees
Now in its fourth year, the League’s Ford Musician Awards program, made possible by the generous support of Ford Motor Company Fund, honors and celebrates professional orchestra musicians who provide exemplary and meaningful service in their communities and make a significant impact through education and community engagement.
September 2017 Update: The League’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy
In December 2015, as part of its longstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the League of American Orchestras and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation convened about 45 stakeholders from in and around orchestras to understand barriers to achieving greater diversity among musicians in orchestras—and to formulate corrective strategies.
League Leading: August 2017
Orchestras’ education and community engagement work is growing; A time to act; Symphony magazine celebrates the League’s 75th anniversary; In case you missed it—our National Conference; First League Giving Day kicks off 75th anniversary; Jesse Rosen on the future of American orchestras; The League represents orchestras and musicians at home and abroad; Member orchestras—and the League—invest in innovation; Orchestra musicians inspire, on the stage and off; It’s essential to nurture the next generation of leaders; Abuzz: “Connecting to this group renews, refreshes, and inspires…”
A Time to Act
The recent events in Charlottesville have escalated divisiveness and intolerance in America to a frightening degree. The persistence of racism, anti-Semitism, white supremacy, Nazism, and other hate groups continues to be cause for profound concern as they threaten America’s founding principles of equality. Indeed, our Constitution, to say nothing of the countless lives lost defending it, offers an unequivocal basis for complete condemnation of these ideologies.
Of and For the Community
Orchestras’ ambitions to engage with communities, in ways that create new and distinctive opportunities for creative expression and connection, are growing.