Allison Vulgamore, president and CEO, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Anne Parsons, president and executive director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, speak about the League's Orchestra Management Fellowship Program.
Applications for the 2010-2011 class are NOT being accepted at this time.
The League’s Orchestra Management Fellowship Program is amongst the League’s most durable and successful initiatives. Now in its 30th year, this prestigious year-long leadership training program is designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management.
Left: Class of 2008 and 2009 together at the 2008
Conference in Denver. (photo: Mark T. Osler/PJeye.com)
Each year chosen Fellows undertake a series of residencies with orchestras of various sizes across the United States.
During the year the Fellows receive invaluable work experience, an intense course of study and the support and nurturing of program and host orchestra staff, in particular that of the orchestra executive director. Fellows also participate in Leadership seminars and receive a comprehensive overview of the concert music industry.
To date over 173 Fellows have participated in the program, more than 75 now hold orchestra leadership positions throughout the United States and abroad and 28 are executive directors.
Who may apply?
Fellows are selected through a competitive application and interview process that seeks individuals who are creative problem solvers, active learners with a high degree of curiosity about the field and the management of orchestras, and are willing to take risks and challenge themselves to stretch beyond their comfort zone.
League Announces 2010 Fellows:
The Orchestra Management Fellowship Program is made possible by support from The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Argosy Foundation, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, alumni of the Fellowship Program, and by host orchestras.