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April 13, 2022
Catalyzing Progress
The League’s new Catalyst Guide, Promising Practices: Actions Orchestras Can Take to Make Progress Toward Equity, provides concrete advice and real-world examples from orchestras that are working to expand equity, diversity, and inclusion.
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April 13, 2022
Board Room: The View from the Chair
Our tumultuous era presents an opportunity for board chairs to lead their orchestras in rebuilding and renewing their organizations. What do today’s leaders expect as they look forward?
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April 13, 2022
Forward Thinking: Questioning the Canon
As orchestras strive to be more diverse and include a wider range of composers, musicians, and audiences, it may be time to drop the notion of a classical music “canon.”
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April 13, 2022
Coda: More than a Voice
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is broadening the definition of the classical singer to include impresario, activist, organizer, and more.
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March 24, 2022
Twenty U.S. Orchestras to Receive Three-Year Catalyst Fund Incubator Grants, Incorporating Elements from High-Tech Incubator Models to Accelerate Organizational Inclusivity and Field-Wide Learning
The League of American Orchestras has awarded three-year, $75,000 grants to twenty U.S. orchestras to help create more equitable organizational cultures through collaborative, peer-driven learning opportunities.
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February 23, 2022
Getting Started on the EDI Journey with the Kennett Symphony
Webinar recording; registration required.
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February 23, 2022
Getting Started on the EDI Journey with the Kennett Symphony
In this 60-minute on-demand Catalyst Webinar, we talk with the Kennett Symphony about lessons learned, unexpected obstacles, and what it means to get to the next level through commitment, willingness, and collaboration.
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March 8, 2022
A Short History of Structural Racism
Structural racism impacts every sector in America, including the orchestra field. But what are its origins? Join us for a 4½ hour online seminar led by Ayo Magwood, Uprooting Inequity LLC, to explore in three parts the historical evolution of structural racism.
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March 22, 2022
CANCELLED: Two Years In: EDI Challenges and Opportunities
In this 60-minute Catalyst Webinar, we’ll review two years of EDI work at the Nashville Symphony. Join us to explore how they have seized the greatest opportunities for growth, building perseverance and capacity along the way.
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February 9, 2022
Promising Practices: Actions Orchestras Can Take to Make Progress Toward Equity
This free Catalyst Guide from the League of American Orchestras highlights concrete actions that orchestras can take to support their equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) goals.
