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July 27, 2010
Breaking Through
Inclusiveness is a goal for every American orchestra. Some progress is being made, but true diversity onstage and off remains elusive.
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August 13, 2020
Anti-Black Discrimination in American Orchestras
A broad historical look at American orchestras puts into context the field’s persistent lack of ethnic and racial diversity and examines the underlying culture of privilege, exclusion, and unacknowledged bias that contributes to it.
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July 5, 2023
Conference 2023: Orchestra Demographic Trends: 2014-2023
Orchestra leaders and the authors of the League’s new demographics report discuss racial/ethnic and gender representation among orchestra musicians, conductors, staff, and board members.
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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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September 16, 2021
The Catalyst Fund Incubator - EDI Consultant List
This contact list has been created for informational purposes only and is based on recommendations from partners and past Catalyst Fund grantees as well as research of the growing number of consultants specializing in EDI work.
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January 4, 2024
Audience Diversification - Measuring Diversity
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June 8, 2020
Conference 2020 - EDI at the San Francisco Symphony: Foundational Work and the COVID-19 Challenge
Naming and centering organizational values of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is more important than ever in the current crisis. This session offers an overview of the San Francisco Symphony’s efforts over almost two years to build a more inclusive and equitable organizational culture.
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January 4, 2024
Audience Diversification - Strategy 8: The Third Space
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January 5, 2021
The Catalyst Fund - 2021 Resource Guide
The Catalyst Fund is a three-year pilot program of the League of American Orchestras that awards annual grants to build the internal capacity of member orchestras based in the U.S. in advancing their understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and in encouraging effective practice.