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May 28, 2020
Conference 2020 - Addressing Gender Equity On and Off the Stage
While gender representation in the orchestral field has diversified both onstage and offstage recently, the challenge of creating truly inclusive and equitable environments remains. Salary parity, promotion and tenure, and interpersonal treatment are all issues in which gender inequity continues to manifest.
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May 26, 2020
Conference 2020 Keynote with Nina Simon: Re-envision Relevance to Build a More Inclusive Future
COVID-19 is challenging many of us to rethink how we lead, create, raise funds, program, and engage with audiences. If the pandemic is a portal (as Arundhati Roy puts it), where do we hope it will lead us? How can we reimagine and reinvent our organizations to be more relevant, equitable, and successful?
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May 19, 2020
Conference 2020 - Outside the Box: An (Unconventional) Orchestra Musician’s Perspective
In this League Conference session, three musicians—violist Tia Allen, violinists Lady Jess, and Stephanie Matthews—share how they created unconventional, but substantive music careers on the fringe of the classical music establishment.
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May 5, 2020
Conference 2020: Visioning and Planning a New Future
As we make our way through the pandemic, it is critical to continuously balance short-term needs with long-term planning. Find inspiration from these dynamic speakers and learn about the many ways to approach scenario planning for an uncertain future.
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May 5, 2020
Conference 2020: Building and Sustaining Equity
We are at a pivotal time for combating the injustices that have plagued our field. Conference was infused with frank conversations on equity within our organizations, gender representation, creative youth development, and the history and impact of anti-Black racism in the classical world.
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May 5, 2020
Conference 2020: Developing Inclusive Approaches to Artistic Programming
COVID-19 is challenging many of us to rethink how we lead, create, raise funds, program, and engage with audiences. How can we reimagine and reinvent our organizations to be more relevant, equitable, and successful? Hear from orchestras and thought leaders on how to make strides in creating artistic offerings that are inclusive of those from all walks of life.
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April 18, 2018
National Alliance for Audition Support
The League of American Orchestras is thrilled to be a co-founder of the National Alliance for Audition Support, an unprecedented national initiative to increase the number of Black and Latinx musicians in American orchestras.
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September 4, 2017
September 2017 Update: The League’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy
In December 2015, as part of its longstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the League of American Orchestras and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation convened about 45 stakeholders from in and around orchestras to understand barriers to achieving greater diversity among musicians in orchestras—and to formulate corrective strategies.
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August 24, 2017
A Time to Act
The recent events in Charlottesville have escalated divisiveness and intolerance in America to a frightening degree. The persistence of racism, anti-Semitism, white supremacy, Nazism, and other hate groups continues to be cause for profound concern as they threaten America’s founding principles of equality. Indeed, our Constitution, to say nothing of the countless lives lost defending it, offers an unequivocal basis for complete condemnation of these ideologies.
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August 15, 2017
Of and For the Community
Orchestras’ ambitions to engage with communities, in ways that create new and distinctive opportunities for creative expression and connection, are growing.