A new study on the impact of demographic trends
It’s time for a different community story.
Read descriptions of award-winning programs from the Bank of America Awards for Excellence in Orchestra Education and MetLife Awards for Excellence in Community Engagement
Venezuela’s acclaimed music-education “sistema.”
The "Beyond Tradition II" report is a study of promising practices in orchestra education as represented by the 2003 - 2007 winners of the Bank of America Awards for Excellence in Orchestra Education.
Lucia Brawley delivers the keynote address at the biennial Music Educators Symposium at the Yale School of Music.
A recent Wallace Foundation conference gathered arts organizations that are responding creatively to the challenges of a difficult economic climate and building their audiences by using market research, re-branding, and drawing audience-building lessons from other sectors such as professional sports.
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James M. Rosser, president of California State University, sets the tone for a better understanding of the role of the orchestra in reaching out to contemporary urban communities. Includes responses by John Gidwitz, executive director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, James F. Mann, general manager of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Mark C. Volpe, executive director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The League has developed a set of suggested guidelines for orchestras to evaluate their community engagement programs. It's designed for any orchestra undertaking community engagement work, as well as for those applying to the MetLife Awards for Excellence in Community Engagement.
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Thomas V. Chema, executive director of Gateway Economic Development Corporation, identifies the impact an orchestra makes on its community. Includes responses by Nicky B. Carpenter, chairman of The Minnesota Orchestra, and Bud Lindstrand, chairman of the Oregon Symphony.
Deborah Viadero describes how a handful of new studies are taking a different, and some say more productive, look at how to capture arts learning's full range of benefits.
A humorous description of a parent's experience attending a child's school concerts
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Elliot Eisner describes the lessons that the arts teach
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In 2001, 2005, and 2008 the League surveyed member orchestras to learn more about the range and impact of the education and community relations work of orchestras. The data collected in these surveys will help the orchestra community make the case for the critical importance of education and community relations to our orchestras.
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Stay connected via e-mail discussion groups, courtesy of the League of American Orchestras. The groups serve as a platform to pose questions, seek advice, and broadcast information to a select group of people.
by Chester Lane
Sharing the fruits of "Anglo" culture in New Mexico
A Seattle Symphony program forges links to the community by answering the call from ethnic and minority groups to "come on over to our house."
by Chester Lane
Violinist Midori is as passionate about education and collaboration as she is about her solo career, building a network of activities that weave music into everyday life.
by Karin Brookes
Here's how orchestras can get involved in music education advocacy on the local level
By reaching out to young and old, by involving its community in both music and the activities that make it happen, the Pittsburgh Symphony builds for the future.
by Caroline Abels
by Polly Kahn
It's time we embraced our most loyal and inquisitive audience members.
by Heidi Waleson
To make an impact on students, "teaching artists" from orchestras go to classes of their own.
by Heidi Waleson
Sure, it's still a great excuse to get away from class. But today's youth concert, more likely than not, is also the culmination of a sophisticated educational curriculum.
by Jack McAuliffe
Family concerts may be the lure that attracts young parents to a closer tie with the orchestra
Learn how Teaching Artist David Wallace opens doors to music for young listeners, and teaches fellow musicians to do the same
by Heidi Waleson