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September 25, 2020
Visa Petition Fee Increases Next Week
U.S. petitioners that program international guest artists should prepare for steep fee increases in filing visa petitions with USCIS, effective next Friday, October 2, 2020. New versions of the Form I-129 were to have been released well in advance of this date, but as of September 23, the public is still awaiting approved versions of the new and I-129 forms.
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March 6, 2024
Impact Report
The League’s Impact Report is an annual publication that highlights many ways in which the League serves more than 650 member orchestras and their dedicated staff, musicians, board members, volunteers, and all who work to make the music happen.
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November 18, 2020
Policy Advocacy 101
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September 1, 2020
Essentials of Orchestra Management
Essentials of Orchestra Management, the premier orchestra management course in the United States, returned to New York after nearly a decade! Presented in collaboration with Juilliard Extension on the Lincoln Center Campus July 26 – August 4, 2023.
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June 1, 2021
Inclusive Boards and Governance
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May 27, 2022
Hannah Lash
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May 10, 2018
FY18 Challenge America
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 87 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2018, totaling $2,217,500. In FY18 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 1,976 and totaled $48,871,000.
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January 27, 2021
Boards, Governance, and Racial Equity
The COVID-19 crisis and the national focus on racial justice have profoundly affected conversations around governance, with new calls for equity, diversity, and inclusion on boards and at orchestras.
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August 29, 2017
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…”
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August 13, 2020
Annual Fund: Summer 2020
With the support of our valued donors, the League continues to have a positive impact on the future of orchestras in America by helping to develop the next generation of leaders, generating and disseminating critical knowledge and information, and advocating for the unique role of the orchestral experience in American life before an ever-widening group of stakeholders.