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Re-Energizing Membership

Member-only Content

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Join the Volunteer Council as we explore new ideas and strategies to reinvigorate our volunteers. Topics include: evaluating your role as orchestra volunteers in a post-COVID world, diversifying your membership, recruiting and prospecting, how to engage and mentor new members, and best practices in recognizing, rewarding, and retaining members. Joining us will be Doris Parent, Vice President of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Strategies (IDEAS) at The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Ford Musician Awards for Excellence in Community Service – 2021 Awardees

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We congratulate the Ford Musician Awardees! They work with both adults and children in a rich variety of community settings: using music as a therapeutic tool for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges; providing pop-up concerts during food bank distributions; bringing orchestra musicians to a regional hospital and the many constituents it serves; …

Orchestrating a Better Future with New Audition and Tenure Guidelines from NAAS

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The processes for people of color to gain permanent employment in American orchestras are not equitable. Exclusion, harassment, and the lack of access to education, mentorship, and networking opportunities have all impeded their participation in the orchestral field. These discriminatory practices have barricaded the door to Black and Brown colleagues for the past century.

Overview of the Latest COVID-19 Relief Opportunities (March 19, 2021)

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The sixth federal COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan, will extend or expand nearly every form of federal assistance that has been available to orchestras amid the coronavirus pandemic, including the Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, Employee Retention Tax Credit, and National Endowment for the Arts funding. It also introduces new opportunities.

Membership Management Feature Instructions

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These instructions will work for your orchestra’s primary and secondary contacts. If you are managing this membership on someone else’s behalf, or if you are not sure who is designated as primary and secondary for your orchestra, please reach out to Member Services directly at member@americanorchestras.org or 646 822 4010. 1. Go to www.americanorchestras.org and …

Leaders of Thriving Arts Groups of Color Identify Keys to Success

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In March 2021, SMU DataArts in partnership with The Wallace Foundation issued The Alchemy of High-Performing Arts Organizations, Part II: A Spotlight on Organizations of Color, a new report that explores how leaders of arts organizations of color view the reasons for their success, along with challenges they face.