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League Webinar: “Emerging Challenges and Solutions in Orchestra Fundraising”
Orchestras have met the pandemic with heightened creativity and innovation. And that’s particularly true for fundraising, since orchestras have had to amplify their giving programs to make up for...
November 16, 2021
Check it out: new issue of Symphony magazine
The new edition of Symphony, the League of American Orchestras’ award-winning magazine, tackles today’s most pressing issues. The Delta variant and shifting COVID-19 infection rates mean that vaccine and...
November 5, 2021
League webinar: “Returning to Performances with Live Audiences”
As orchestras begin to resume performing for live audiences, fresh opportunities to innovate have emerged in the new landscape of ticket-buyer behavior. On Wednesday, October 20 at 3:00pm Eastern/Noon...
October 19, 2021
Updated: League’s Noteboom Governance Center
Making up the governing body of an orchestra, board members are responsible for ensuring the health of the organization—and it’s important for board members to stay fully informed. The...
October 14, 2021
League releases latest findings from its Health and Safety Policies and Planning Survey
The League of American Orchestras has released the results of its field-wide Health and Safety Policies and Planning Survey, which reports on the vaccination, testing, and masking requirements that...
October 8, 2021
Introducing the League Legacy Society
Now more than ever, it is critical that nonprofits partner with donors to help them fulfill their philanthropic goals with gift planning that is mutually beneficial to the organization...
October 4, 2021
League receives $2.1 million grant from Mellon Foundation to advance equity and inclusion at orchestras in next phase of Catalyst Fund
The League of American Orchestras has received a $2.1 million leadership gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue work through the League’s Catalyst Fund, a grantmaking program...
September 22, 2021
Free webinar: “U.S. Artist Visas and International Travel in the Age of COVID”
After more than a year of canceled, postponed, or reimagined performances, U.S. orchestras, arts groups, presenters, and agents have resumed programming and planning for the 2021-22 season—only to find...
September 7, 2021
From the League: Update on Afghanistan National Institute of Music
On Aug. 25, the League of American Orchestras issued a statement from President and CEO Simon Woods concerning the Afghanistan National Institute of Music: The world is sadly aware...
August 26, 2021
League webinar: “Redefining the Donor Proposition”
While contributed income for arts organizations has held steady across the past 20 years, the number of donors making donations has declined, creating a riskier landscape for arts groups....
August 23, 2021