Nonprofit Management
Renowned Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Orchestra for Equal Pay
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A pay-equity suit filed in Boston last week highlights patterns of continuing gender discrimination in the historically male-dominated classical music world.
Nonprofit News
Making Beautiful Music with Busted Instruments from Philly Public Schools
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Using “a ragtag harvest” of hundreds of neglected instruments, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer David Lang is writing a symphony to celebrate the power of music education—and hopefully raise funds to repair or replace what’s been broken over the years.
Nonprofit Management
Traditional Public-Private Arts Partnerships Abound in Small-Town America
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The historic mining town of Leadville Colorado raises the funds to take title to its 19th-century opera house and creates a nonprofit to keep it alive.
Nonprofit News
Beautiful Music: Colorado Symphony Achieves First Real Surplus in 26 Years
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The Colorado Symphony seems to have turned a corner, but it took some evolution and revolutions along the way.
Nonprofit Management
The Met Opera’s Finances Flourish Even with Lackluster Box Office Sales
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New York’s famed Metropolitan Opera has managed to keep itself out of the red for the second year running, but will this two-year streak last?
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Herb Alpert Foundation Makes Tuition Free for Music Majors at L.A. City College
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Herb Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall, make philanthropy live up to its eminence and promise by giving as elegantly and generously as they create their music.
Nonprofit Management
The Human Face of the Refugee Crisis on the Concert Hall Stage
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Refugee orchestral musicians in the United States and Europe hope to promote greater political dialogue through music.
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League of American Orchestras Confronts Questions of Diversity and Relevance
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Promoting diversity in symphony orchestras is not at odds with the goal of promoting artistic excellence. We need to rethink our paradigm in order to promote lasting change in classical music.
Nonprofit Management
Orchestras Face Connection Between Diversity and Relevance
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When 85 percent of US orchestra members are white, it’s high time to discuss diversity.
Nonprofit News
Learning to Play Music amid War in Ukraine
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With U.S. nonprofit support, a music school in Ukraine is providing culture and hope to a war-torn region.