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November 12, 2020
Orchestras' Guide to Ethics and Accountability
Orchestras depend on support from the public and must operate ethically and effectively to maintain the public’s trust. As nonprofit organizations around the country are shoring up their administrative and governance practices, orchestras must develop a transparent culture on issues ranging from employee and volunteer human resource policies to financial record-keeping.
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January 29, 2021
Useful_Financial_Model
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December 7, 2020
Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview: Roster of Past Participants
Since 1995, the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, a program of the League of American Orchestras, has been the premier showcase for talented conductors in America. To date, 80 conductors have been featured through competitive selection, and more than 50 orchestras have engaged these conductors for various appointments as a direct result of the Preview.
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January 25, 2021
Electronic Media Strategy
The concept that technology is changing our personal and professional lives more rapidly than ever is no longer new. There are daily reports of new applications for new gadgets that will surely continue to be more disruptive to the economics of our businesses and the tranquility of our homes.
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September 17, 2020
Volunteer Memberships
Volunteers are an important resource to the orchestra community. The League thanks them for supporting orchestras everywhere.
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October 1, 2020
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: An Evolving Strategic Framework
At its January 2019 meeting, the League of American Orchestras’ Board of Directors adopted a strategic framework for the League’s work in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the orchestral field.
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October 26, 2020
Governance Articles and Recommended Reading
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May 26, 2022
Caen Thomason-Redus
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May 10, 2018
FY18 NEA Grants to Orchestras
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded 87 grants to orchestras through the Grants for Arts Projects categories in FY2018, totaling $2,217,500. In FY18 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 1,976 and totaled $48,871,000.
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January 27, 2021
The Score: Winter 2021
News and updates from orchestras everywhere. In this issue: League helps secure federal COVID-19 relief package that includes support and resources for orchestras; concert halls and performing arts centers serve as polling places and orchestra musicians play as voters cast their ballots; orchestras perform in parks, drive-ins, and an airport hangar; advancing the careers of women in classical music.
