Conference 2024: Opening Session and Gold Baton Award
Conference 2024’s Opening Session showcased the Houston Youth Symphony, a keynote address from Gabriela Lena Frank, and the presentation of the Gold Baton Award to Lee Koonce.
Conference 2024: Analyzing Orchestra Business Models for Strategic Decision-Making
Bob Orr and Zoe Miller presented their findings from a recent study conducted by management consulting firm Oliver Wyman in partnership with the Houston Symphony, providing a comprehensive view of the key attributes of these diverse business models tied with industry examples and financial results.
Conference 2024: Inspiring Change and Collective Impact through Inclusive Stages
In this session, you’ll learn the practical steps that Inclusive Stages coalition member orchestras are taking to enhance the racial diversity of their musicians.
Conference 2024: CPR for Growing Audience (Care, Programming, Reinvention)
TRG Arts’ Eric Nelson and leaders from three orchestras discussed strategies in audience engagement and development.
Conference 2024: Global is Local: The New Music Diplomacy
Learn how to deepen your orchestra’s commitment to music diplomacy from inspiring leaders that are crossing political boundaries, cultivating international partnerships, and celebrating the cultural diversity of music making here in the U.S. and across the globe.
Conference 2024: Leaders Building Leaders
This session illustrated the shift in human resources theory and practice from merely “attract and retain” to “attract, develop, and retain.”
Conference 2024: Strategies for Resilient Fundraising
Laura MacDonald, past chair of Giving USA and founder of Benefactor Group, explored data-driven approaches that will inform your orchestra’s efforts to raise funds for today while creating a resilient foundation for the future.
Conference 2024: Closing Luncheon
Conference 2024 concluded with a luncheon featuring Resilient Sounds and Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Founding Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM).
Conference 2024: Re-Envisioning Audiences
Conference 2024’s general session featured an interactive session led by Donna Walker-Kuhne and Dr. Durell Cooper on the creation of strategies that integrate community engagement, inclusion, and marketing into new holistic approaches to audience development.
36 Orchestra and Arts Professionals to Participate in League of American Orchestras’ Essentials of Orchestra Management Program
An international cohort of thirty-six orchestra and arts professionals will participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The ten-day program, running from July 24-August 2, 2024, is presented in collaboration with Juilliard Extension and will take place in New York at Juilliard’s campus at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.