A World More Embracing
After more than 30 years working with orchestras, I was honored earlier this year to accept the position of President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras.
Further Reading: Increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Orchestra Staff and Boards
Organizations are most effective when their work is governed and delivered by people who represent the diversity of the communities they serve. The following resources are designed to support orchestras’ efforts to attract and retain diverse orchestra boards and staff.
Recruiting and Sustaining a Diverse Staff: Increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Orchestra Staff and Boards
Organizations are most effective when their work is governed and delivered by people who represent the diversity of the communities they serve. The following resources are designed to support orchestras’ efforts to attract and retain diverse orchestra boards and staff.
Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Board: Increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Orchestra Staff and Boards
Organizations are most effective when their work is governed and delivered by people who represent the diversity of the communities they serve. The following resources are designed to support orchestras’ efforts to attract and retain diverse orchestra boards and staff.
Increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Orchestra Staff and Boards
Organizations are most effective when their work is governed and delivered by people who represent the diversity of the communities they serve. The following resources are designed to support orchestras’ efforts to attract and retain diverse orchestra boards and staff.
Overview: Increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Orchestra Staff and Boards
Organizations are most effective when their work is governed and delivered by people who represent the diversity of the communities they serve. The following resources are designed to support orchestras’ efforts to attract and retain diverse orchestra boards and staff.
Databases of Repertoire by Underrepresented Composers
Center for Black Music Research; Music by Black Composers, a Project of the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation; Composer Diversity Database; Composer’s Equity Project; Latin Orchestral Music
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.
Full Issue – Symphony: Winter 2021, Next Steps
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Prelude and Table of Contents: Winter 2021
To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, what a long, strange year it’s been. Twelve months ago, nobody outside the scientific community had heard of novel coronaviruses, and now the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 400,000. Concert halls shut down in compliance with health regulations.