2023 Impact Report
The League’s 2023 Impact Report includes detailed program information, along with quotes and quantitative data that illustrate the League’s leadership and service on behalf of the orchestra field over the past year.
2022 Impact Report
Learn about the many ways in which the League serves more than 650 member orchestras and all those who support our artform.
2022 Guide to Pops Programming
Your guide to the tops in pops.
Imperiled Pernambuco
An endangered tree casts a shadow over bow makers and musicians worldwide.
Coda: An American in Odessa
American conductor Hobart Earle, music director of the Odessa Philharmonic for two decades, offers an insider’s perspective on musical life in Ukraine—before and during the Russian invasion.
Annual Fund: Summer 2022
League Annual Fund: Summer 2022
In the Main Stream
Digital efforts are part of the “new normal” for orchestras. But what is the right balance between virtual and in-person music-making? And how does an orchestra turn a concert stream into an income stream?
Where Do We Stand?
Conductors of Western classical orchestras have almost all been White men. Few American orchestras put a Black music director on the podium, and many Black musical artists had to head to Europe to build careers. That’s changing—but are things moving far enough, fast enough?
Community, Climate, Composition, Collaboration
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Floods of Fire, a response to Australia’s environmental crisis, is the product of a large-scale collaboration. People from multiple backgrounds and groups came together to create the work—and the process may be more important than the result.
Songs of the Earth
Climate change is a major focus for composers writing for orchestra. The topic is taking on increased urgency, with a broad swath of new works demonstrating multiple approaches—and even finding reasons for hope.