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January 19, 2022
Helping Arts Workers Navigate Pandemic-Induced Burnout
With many arts professionals facing increased stress due to the pandemic, the Wallace Foundation has assembled information and resources from multiple organizations, including the League, that help support health and wellness for people working in the arts.
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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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December 11, 2020
YOD Directors
The mission of the Youth Orchestra Division of the League is to promote youth orchestras as essential musical, educational, and cultural assets and to provide resources to help all youth orchestras build and maintain artistic and organizational excellence.
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April 28, 2021
Summer Festivals 2021
A classical guide to what’s on this summer - In person and virtually.
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June 10, 2024
Conference 2024 Session Recordings
The orchestral field gathered in Houston June 6-8 to imagine new ways to deepen relationships with our audiences and communities, to forge pathways to financial sustainability, to creatively use AI, to increase diversity and inclusion both on and offstage, to grow artistically, and to invite the voices of the next generation to help shape what comes next.
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June 23, 2017
Conference: In Words and Images
From the very beginning, the League has brought together people from throughout the orchestra field. And at the League’s annual National Conference, delegates meet their peers face to face, share knowledge, learn best practices, and discover the latest thinking and research. The Conference sparks fresh ideas, introduces new topics, and provokes discussions about critical issues that remain relevant.
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July 25, 2023
Exploring Audience Attitudes about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
A 60-minute webinar taking stock of high-level findings of a recent study and addressing questions relating to audiences and EDI work.
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October 23, 2020
League Statement on Racial Discrimination
On August 11, the League of American Orchestras issued a Statement on Racial Discrimination expressing how it is coming to grips with the history and impact of racism within the League and the wider community of orchestras, and committing to sustained action. Read the complete Statement as well as Frequently Asked Questions and a Guide to Additional Resources.
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December 8, 2023
President's Council
The League of American Orchestras President’s Council is a select group of premier advocates from a wide range of backgrounds and sectors who participate in high-level engagement with the President and CEO and inform the League’s strategies to add the highest value to the orchestra field.
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January 17, 2018
Roads to Recovery
This fall, orchestras in several states were hit hard by natural disasters. Yet even as they suffered the same blows as their neighbors, orchestras and musicians stepped forward to encourage and help rebuild their communities. Beyond offering the solace only music can, orchestras need to have their own contingency plans in place to cope when disaster strikes.