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June 3, 2020
Mapping Project
Learn how to map your public value to show the work your orchestra does in the community.
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January 14, 2022
Changing the Face of Volunteerism
Volunteer groups at orchestras are seeking younger and more diverse volunteers to better reflect today’s society and to connect their message and mission with their communities.
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June 28, 2021
Board Room: How Orchestra Boards Can Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
A new guide from the League of American Orchestras makes the case for the vital importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion at orchestras—from the board perspective. How Orchestra Boards Can Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion discusses the urgency of this work and offers practical advice, contextual information, and strategies for boards and orchestras to become truly representative of the communities they serve.
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September 15, 2021
Boards, Governance, and Racial Equity
As a board member of an orchestra, you play a critical role in shaping the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) conversation for your organization. Cathy Trower, Chair of BoardSource and the former research director of the Harvard Graduate School of Education led this Trustee Constituency Meeting on Wednesday, September 30 to discuss board involvement in addressing racial equity, facilitated by Doug Hagerman, Board Chair, League of American Orchestras.
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November 3, 2021
Anti-Asian Discrimination at American Orchestras
Musicians of Asian descent are visible on orchestra stages across the country, but their numbers do not reflect their voice, power, or influence, and many experience maltreatment or marginalization in their professional lives.
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January 14, 2022
Managing Change
Essentials of Orchestra Management has long been one of the League of American Orchestras’ signature professional-development courses: an immersive, intensive boot camp in how to succeed at running an orchestra. Now Essentials is getting an update, staying relevant to the present—and future—of orchestras.
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April 28, 2021
Board Room: Passing the Baton
The transition of board leadership at orchestras is always a delicate balancing act, and the pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to board chairs—as well as unexpected opportunities. Here, incoming and outgoing board chairs at three orchestras reveal how they view their roles, what they foresee for the future, and how they got involved with orchestras in the first place.
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December 14, 2023
Board Accountability Beyond the Bottom Line: Shifting Measures of Excellence in Governance
Webinar recording; registration required.
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August 10, 2021
Inspiring Leadership from the Unsung Hero
Richard Worley, who recently stepped down after a 10-year tenure as chairman of the Board of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, spoke to League Board Member Marisa Eisemann at the March 2021 Trustee Constituency Meeting.
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May 17, 2023
Spotlight: Lowell Noteboom
Lowell Noteboom is a Partner at Stinson Leonard Street LLP. He is also a Member and Former Chair of the Board of Directors of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.