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CITES Treaty Negotiations Include Musical Instrument Policies

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The League of American Orchestras was a voice for the music community in what is being called “game changing” treaty negotiations over international protected species rules. The 17th conference of the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) was the largest event in the treaty’s more than 40-year history, and the array of issues under consideration included two key areas that will impact the rules for musical instruments that cross borders among the 183 party countries.

Federal funding: your summer homework with elected officials

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Given that this is an election year, the House and Senate are taking a long summer recess, which makes the prospects uncertain for the federal budget to be completed. Bills that are of importance to the orchestra community are on the move, and here is the latest on where things stand for…

FY16 Challenge America

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 112 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2016, totaling $2,800,500. In FY16 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts. Awards to all arts disciplines through the NEA’s largest grant categories – Art Works and Challenge America – numbered 2,128 and totaled $53,721,000 million.

FY16 Art Works (Part 2)

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 112 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2016, totaling $2,800,500. In FY16 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts. Awards to all arts disciplines through the NEA’s largest grant categories – Art Works and Challenge America – numbered 2,128 and totaled $53,721,000 million.

FY16 Art Works (Part 1)

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 112 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2016, totaling $2,800,500. In FY16 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts. Awards to all arts disciplines through the NEA’s largest grant categories – Art Works and Challenge America – numbered 2,128 and totaled $53,721,000 million.

FY16 NEA Grants to Orchestras

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 112 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2016, totaling $2,800,500. In FY16 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts. Awards to all arts disciplines through the NEA’s largest grant categories – Art Works and Challenge America – numbered 2,128 and totaled $53,721,000 million.

League President Comments on Incident at NEA-hosted Meeting

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As President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, I was present at the April 26 meeting of arts service organization leaders hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts, in which a conversation on “Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity in the Arts” occurred. I was seated at a table of eight that included both Michael Butera, Executive Director of National Association for Music Education, and Keryl McCord, Operations Director for Alternate Roots, and was tapped to report out to the full group on the results of our conversation.

Cultural Diplomacy Opportunity: Musicians May Apply Now

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Orchestra musicians interested in participating in international cultural diplomacy should take note of two application deadlines at the U.S. Department of State. The 2016-2017 season of American Music Abroad is currently accepting applications until January 24, 2016.

FY15 Challenge America Grants

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 102 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2015, totaling $2,692,500. In FY15 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts.

FY15 Art Works (Part 2)

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 102 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2015, totaling $2,692,500. In FY15 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts.