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October 31, 2017
Understanding Audiences, Building Connections: How the Seattle Symphony Uses Market Research
Downtown Seattle is changing rapidly, with new residents, new buildings, and new affluence. To connect with the newcomers, the Seattle Symphony launched a wide-ranging audience-research program, with support from The Wallace Foundation’s Building Audiences for Sustainability Initiative.
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July 31, 2024
WolfBrown Tastes and Preferences Survey
International arts consultancy WolfBrown, in partnership with the League, conducted a 2024 project involving 18 League member orchestras to explore the evolving musical tastes and concert preferences of current ticket buyers.
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November 3, 2020
Research from The Wallace Foundation
The Wallace Foundation supports audience-building efforts by arts organizations and commissions research to understand what works, what doesn’t, and why.
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June 2, 2021
League Publications on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Orchestras
As orchestras across the U.S. demonstrate a new will and energy to ensure that the field is inclusive and representative of the communities they serve, the League of American Orchestras is pleased to offer research and programs aimed to aid orchestras in their EDI efforts.
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July 18, 2024
Conference 2024: Tech Fair
The Tech Fair showcases technology offerings in the areas of marketing, data management and CRM, ticketing, online program notes, audience engagement apps, in-hall concert technologies, and more.
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March 25, 2020
Digital Media Digest: March 2020
What the death of iTunes says about our digital habits; A music artist says Apple Music pays her 4 times what Spotify does per stream; Top of the flops: is streaming rendering the charts obsolete?; Now you can listen to Philadelphia Orchestra performances free on demand; New media gets new audiences into an old art form; RNZ board backs down, Concert to stay on FM; TikTok revenue surges 310% to $50MM in Q4; SiriusXM celebrates 34.9 million subscribers — but won’t disclose Pandora numbers; US-based music streams cross 1 trillion in 2019, up 25% over 2018; Amazon claims more than 55 million music streaming users; YouTube has more than 20 million paying subscribers — music subscriber numbers remain elusive; Spotify reaches 124 million premium subscribers — but quarterly losses top $85 million; Apple music has been quietly expanding its preferred distributors list; YouTube is testing ‘Applause,’ a way for viewers to directly donate to creators; Time for a DMCA overhaul? congressional hearings commence on Capitol Hill; RPO research shows increased interest in orchestral music among young people; End of an era — CD Baby is shutting down its online music store; Spotify steps up its concert listings with resident advisor partnership; 2019’s US-Based streaming music market was larger than the entire recorded music market in 2017
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April 10, 2020
Updates on COVID Resources, NEA CARES Act Grants, and Visas
In This Issue: Top Developments on COVID-19 Resources; National Endowment for the Arts Releases Application Guidelines for CARES Act Grants; International Artist Visas; Continue to Speak Up to Congress!
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November 5, 2020
Disaster Relief and Preparedness
The League, together with a number of other national arts organizations, has worked with Congress and federal agencies to ensure that arts organizations in communities affected by disaster have improved access to federal relief.
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May 12, 2016
FY16 Challenge America
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 112 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2016, totaling $2,800,500. In FY16 orchestras directly received NEA grant support through Challenge America and Art Works in the discipline categories of music, arts education, and media arts. Awards to all arts disciplines through the NEA’s largest grant categories – Art Works and Challenge America – numbered 2,128 and totaled $53,721,000 million.
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June 2, 2021
EDI Resources of Special Interest to Orchestra Staff
These resources support staff efforts to assess organizational culture, expand hiring networks for more diverse candidates, and build inclusive culture in order for teams to be creative and effective.