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January 4, 2024
Audience Diversification - Measuring Diversity
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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.
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January 4, 2024
Audience Diversification - Strategy 8: The Third Space
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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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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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May 10, 2016
League President Comments on Incident at NEA-hosted Meeting
As President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, I was present at the April 26 meeting of arts service organization leaders hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts, in which a conversation on “Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity in the Arts” occurred. I was seated at a table of eight that included both Michael Butera, Executive Director of National Association for Music Education, and Keryl McCord, Operations Director for Alternate Roots, and was tapped to report out to the full group on the results of our conversation.
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June 5, 2023
Key Findings | Diversity in the Orchestra Field 2023
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June 3, 2021
How Orchestra Boards Can Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: A Guide from the League of American Orchestras
This new Guide makes the case for the vital importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion at orchestras—from the board perspective. The authors, board members themselves, discuss the urgency of this work and offer practical advice, contextual information, and strategies for boards and orchestras to become truly representative of the communities they serve.
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June 24, 2021
Belonging in Classical Music
Weston Sprott, trombonist with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Dean of the Preparatory Division at The Juilliard School in New York City, spoke with Capt. Collins of the United States Navy Band about diversity and inclusion efforts in classical music.