It sounds like sci fi: “the before times.” But before COVID-19, orchestra seasons were planned down to the hemidemisemiquaver, announced half a year before opening night, and then launched like so many swans—gorgeous and unruffled on top, paddling madly below. Change—when it happened—was difficult, protracted, in part because of practicalities like the availability of in-demand …
Join the Volunteer Council as we explore new ideas and strategies to reinvigorate our volunteers. Topics include: evaluating your role as orchestra volunteers in a post-COVID world, diversifying your membership, recruiting and prospecting, how to engage and mentor new members, and best practices in recognizing, rewarding, and retaining members. Joining us will be Doris Parent, Vice President of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Strategies (IDEAS) at The Philadelphia Orchestra.
We congratulate the Ford Musician Awardees! They work with both adults and children in a rich variety of community settings: using music as a therapeutic tool for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges; providing pop-up concerts during food bank distributions; bringing orchestra musicians to a regional hospital and the many constituents it serves; …
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that it will re-open the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) portal on Saturday, April 24 at 12:30pm Eastern.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges confronting modern society. How are artists and orchestras responding? How can we “connect the dots” between classical music and the impacts of climate change?
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Until further notice, the Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to pause the implementation of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grants (SVOG) application portal as the agency fixes technology problems and revises the accompanying grant guidance.
Wynton Marsalis, Renowned Musician, Composer, and Bandleader, Opening Plenary Keynote in Conversation with League President and CEO Simon Woods.
By Susan Elliott As traditional media outlets devote less coverage to classical music, orchestras are filling the void by stepping forward to tell their own stories themselves.