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October 19, 2017
Seen and Heard: Conference 2017
The League of American Orchestras’ 2017 Conference brought together a rich array of views about the present— and future—of orchestras. Here are excerpts from three key sessions.
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October 19, 2017
League at 75: Artist’s Voice
As the League of American Orchestras celebrates its 75th anniversary throughout the 2017-18 season, we’ll share a sampling of moments in our history. Here’s a look at correspondence from composers, conductors, and artists to Helen M. Thompson during her tenure as a League executive from 1950 to 1970. e letters capture the concerns of their time, and each reveals a distinctive voice and personal style. Clockwise from bottom left, letters from cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, composers Lou Harrison and Aaron Copland, and conductor Leopold Stokowski.
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October 19, 2017
Annual Fund: Fall 2017
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.
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October 19, 2017
2017 Guide to Symphony Pops Advertisers
The following paid listings have been supplied to Symphony by League of American Orchestras business partners who represent pops attractions and conductors in the areas of pops performance. What follows does not imply endorsement by the League of American Orchestras or Symphony. It is not intended to be fully comprehensive, but to be a reference point for orchestra professionals charged with pops programming.
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October 19, 2017
100 Years Young
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October 19, 2017
Star Search
They galvanize audiences, connect with classical musicians, and give pops concerts that extra jolt. What’s it like for the headliners who take center stage to perform pops concerts with orchestras? Six stellar soloists and one conductor tell the inside story.
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October 19, 2017
East Meets West Meets East
The New York Philharmonic is in the third year of its Shanghai Orchestra Academy program that trains postgraduate musicians in China. That’s just the tip of the iceberg— U.S. orchestras of every description are flocking to China, the number of Chinese orchestras is growing, and Chinese composers are being played by orchestras in both countries.
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October 19, 2017
The Legacy of Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein was the first internationally acclaimed American-born maestro, a man of prodigious talents as a pianist, conductor, and composer, with an extraordinary gift for communicating the allure of classical music. As Bernstein’s 100th birthday in 2018 approaches, and orchestras everywhere perform his scores, one conductor shares his personal view of the legacy of man who was—and still is—America’s best-known classical musician.
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October 19, 2017
Pipeline to Inclusion
More and more orchestras are launching fellowships to increase musician diversity. What are these programs like for participants? The inaugural musicians in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship program share their first-person perspectives.
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October 19, 2017
At the League: EdCE on the Rise
In August, the League of American Orchestras released Of and For the Community: The Education and Community Engagement Work of Orchestras, which reveals marked growth in education and community engagement (EdCE) activity by orchestras between 2009 and 2014. Here are excerpts and highlights from the report.