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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.

Coda: In the Band

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Diversity and inclusion are central to the missions of orchestras today, as the League’s 2016 Conference, “The Richness of Difference,” made clear. At the Conference, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, who represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke with passion and eloquence about his own journey, his connection with music, and why the arts matter.

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…

Conference 2016: Highlights

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This year, nearly 1,000 orchestra administrators, musicians, trustees, and volunteers gathered in Baltimore for the League’s 71st National Conference, in 2016. Here are some of the highlights.

Conference 2016: Volunteer Meetings

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This year, nearly 1,000 orchestra administrators, musicians, trustees, and volunteers gathered in Baltimore for the League’s 71st National Conference, in 2016. Here are some of the highlights.

Conference 2016: Constituency Meetings

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This year, nearly 1,000 orchestra administrators, musicians, trustees, and volunteers gathered in Baltimore for the League’s 71st National Conference, in 2016. Here are some of the highlights.

Ford Musician Awards for Excellence in Community Service – 2016 Awardees

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Now in its fourth year, the League’s Ford Musician Awards program, made possible by the generous support of Ford Motor Company Fund, honors and celebrates professional orchestra musicians who provide exemplary and meaningful service in their communities and make a significant impact through education and community engagement.

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.