Conference 2013: Highlights
This year, close to 1,000 orchestra professionals, volunteers and business partners gathered in St. Louis for the League’s 2013 National Conference. Here are some of the highlights.
A Movement Not a Moment
A cross-genre, inter-disciplinary production, where message and medium work together in perfect harmony to create an uplifting plea for change and social justice
Member Spotlight: Ignacio Barrón Viela
Ignacio Barrón Viela, a 2018 participant, described Essentials as an opportunity to reflect on the impact of music beyond the concert hall.
Voter Engagement, Latest Policy Updates, and Resources
Nonprofit Resources for Voter Engagement; Federal COVID-19 Relief Negotiations Still Ongoing; Data Drives Decisions: Explore New Arts Education Data Toolkit; Visa Policy: Engaging Artists from Abroad Amidst COVID-19
Data Drives Decisions: Explore New Arts Education Data Toolkit
For far too long, inadequate data about the state of arts education in schools has allowed structural inequities to persist, which has prevented many students from experiencing, learning about, and becoming practitioners of the arts in their schools. Earlier this month, the National Endowment for the Arts and Education Commission of the States released a new suite of resources that has been two years in the making–the Arts Education Data Toolkit.
Visa Policy: Engaging Artists from Abroad Amidst COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only forced the cancelation and postponement of countless concerts, it has also caused tremendous uncertainty regarding the participation of international artists in future events.
Anti-Black Discrimination in American Orchestras
A broad historical look at American orchestras puts into context the field’s persistent lack of ethnic and racial diversity and examines the underlying culture of privilege, exclusion, and unacknowledged bias that contributes to it.
Coda: Curating a Classical-Music Reset, After the Pandemic
Even as COVID-19 continues to present unprecedented challenges to orchestras, this is also a critical time to think deeply about the future of classical music. Conductor Tania Miller offers her perspective from the podium.
Annual Fund: Summer 2020
With the support of our valued donors, the League continues to have a positive impact on the future of orchestras in America by helping to develop the next generation of leaders, generating and disseminating critical knowledge and information, and advocating for the unique role of the orchestral experience in American life before an ever-widening group of stakeholders.
Pandemic in Perspective
Just over a century ago, the global pandemic caused by what was called the Spanish influenza had drastic impacts on America’s orchestras. How did orchestras back then cope? Is the past prologue?