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May 12, 2017
FY17 Art Works (Part 2)
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 106 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2017, totaling $2,435,000. In FY17 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 2,133 and totaled $51,421,000 million.
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February 2, 2021
Navigating Uncertain Times
Witnessing the dramatic changes seen through 2020 – brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the national conversation on racial justice, among other factors – The Wallace Foundation commissioned AEA Consulting to create a scenario planning toolkit, seeking a way to help arts and culture organizations deal with the likelihood of a “new normal” featuring few certainties.
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June 4, 2020
Conference 2020: Anti-Black Racism and American Orchestras
Aaron Flagg, D.M.A., Chair of the League’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee and Chair and Associate Director, Juilliard Jazz Studies Program, lead this session that explores racism’s connection to orchestras, what orchestras can do about it, and how the League’s EDI Committee is engaging with and learning about racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Flagg was joined by members of the League’s EDI Committee of the Board.
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November 4, 2016
League Champions Diversity and Inclusion—a November 2016 Update
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October 15, 2018
Seen and Heard: Conference 2018
The League of American Orchestras’ 2018 Conference explored how the artistry, art form, and artists of classical music can create a powerful impact. Here, excerpts from three addresses—by two musicians and one marketing guru—capture just some of the many voices and perspectives at the Conference.
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September 21, 2020
Emerging Leaders Program Class of 2018-2019
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April 13, 2022
Forward Thinking: Questioning the Canon
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.”
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November 28, 2022
Global Negotiations Support Musical Instruments and Pernambuco Conservation
Improvements for the movement of musical instruments across borders and new support for the conservation of Pernambuco wood won approval at the conclusion of two weeks of global negotiations in Panama City, Panama.
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January 4, 2024
Audience Diversification - Measuring Diversity
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April 23, 2020
Public Value Toolkit
The stakes have never been higher for America’s nonprofit orchestras to effectively convey how they are serving their communities. Today’s philanthropic and public decision-makers want to see and understand how orchestras are meeting the needs all residents of their local communities.