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.
The League’s new Catalyst Guide, Promising Practices: Actions Orchestras Can Take to Make Progress Toward Equity, provides concrete advice and real-world examples from orchestras that are working to expand equity, diversity, and inclusion.
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Our tumultuous era presents an opportunity for board chairs to lead their orchestras in rebuilding and renewing their organizations. What do today’s leaders expect as they look forward?
As orchestras strive to be more diverse and include a wider range of composers, musicians, and audiences, it may be time to drop the notion of a classical music “canon.”
This June, the League’s 77th National Conference will take place in person, bringing the orchestra field together for the first time in three years. What’s in store?
News and updates from orchestras everywhere. The Classical Music World Responds to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, World Premieres by Women Composers, New Head at the NEA, Youth Orchestras Play the Super Bowl.
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is broadening the definition of the classical singer to include impresario, activist, organizer, and more.
From the Editor, Robert Sandla
Annual Fund: Spring 2022