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July 24, 2024
2024 Essentials of Orchestra Management
Essentials of Orchestra Management, will take place at Juilliard on the Lincoln Center Campus July 24 – August 2, 2024. Applications are now open.
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July 11, 2018
Rethinking Subscriptions
“Reimagining the Orchestra Subscription Model,” a wide-ranging 2015 study by the League of American Orchestras and the Oliver Wyman consulting firm, analyzed statistics and trends in orchestra subscriptions while offering new ways forward. What fresh thinking and new approaches did the study spark? How are orchestras adapting their subscriptions to appeal to today’s consumers?
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January 28, 2021
Databases of Repertoire by Underrepresented Composers
Center for Black Music Research; Music by Black Composers, a Project of the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation; Composer Diversity Database; Composer’s Equity Project; Latin Orchestral Music
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May 5, 2020
Conference 2020: Innovating Digital Engagement
If you are responsible for marketing or involved at all in curating and creating your orchestra’s presence online, this package is for you. With videos containing ideas from across the field, research findings, and practical tips on livestreaming, you’ll acquire the baseline knowledge needed to succeed in this space.
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December 23, 2021
Gold Baton Award
Given annually for distinguished service to America’s orchestras, the Gold Baton is the League’s highest honor. Since 1948, the Gold Baton has recognized individuals and institutions whose far-reaching contributions to the field serve to champion and advance the cause of orchestras and symphonic music throughout the country.
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November 21, 2019
Digital Media Digest: November 2019
Amazon bets users will pay up for high-definition music streaming; Podcast sponsorship revenue continues to fuel NPR's financial growth; One-third of all young people use stream ripping to steal music; Articles about audience smartphone use during performances; Articles about Spotify; Vinyl is poised to outsell CDs for the first time since 1986; Gen Xers, millennials, and even some Gen Zs choose vinyl and drive record sales up; Apple Is officially shutting down iTunes — but song downloads aren't completely dead; Musicians fear for livelihood without streaming residuals; YouTube Music says it pays the same royalty rate as Spotify — at least on its subscription streams; Metallica makes box office history with 'S&M²'; Jim James and the Louisville Orchestra appear on "The Tonight Show"; Appeals court says the Trump administration can't force states to repeal net neutrality; Musicians, tired of paltry streaming payments, protest the HBO Max Launch at Warner Bros. Studios
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November 16, 2020
Take Action: Travel with Instruments
Orchestras, chamber ensembles, and individual musicians frequently travel in order to bring the experience of live music to audiences here and abroad. In order to facilitate domestic and international cultural activity, the League and its members work to support uniform policies that provide reasonable and reliable procedures for traveling with musical instruments.
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December 7, 2023
2023 Orchestra Repertoire Report
The Orchestra Repertoire Report from the Institute for Composer Diversity, produced in partnership with the League of American Orchestras, examines the programming of BIPOC, women, non-binary and living composers by U.S. orchestras.
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May 19, 2021
NEA's Second Round of FY21 Grants Support Nearly 60 Orchestral Online Projects, Community Engagements, and Operations
Nearly 60 orchestras have been awarded FY21 Grants for Arts Projects (GAP), Part 2 awards by the National Endowment for the Arts to commission new works, support composer residencies, produce community engagement programs, present online performances, and support afterschool music education for young students.
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November 15, 2023
Sure, You’re Talking, But What Are You Saying?
Webinar recording; registration required.