Inclusive Stages Information Session (August 2023)

The goal of Inclusive Stages, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by a generous grant from the Sakana Foundation, is to increase the racial diversity of musicians in American professional and community orchestras.
Inclusive Stages opportunities include:
COALITION BUILDING - Beginning this Fall, we will gather a group of League member orchestras who are poised to take action and want to work collectively and collaboratively. The coalition will have two virtual facilitated meetings and one in-person facilitated meeting for musicians, music directors, executive directors, board chairs, other orchestra staff, and union representatives. Travel support will be provided to musicians and smaller budget orchestra administrators.
INCLUSION INDEX - Offered through a partnership with Accordant Advisors, the Inclusion Index surveys will offer League member orchestras insight into their own organizational culture in relation to the rest of the field.
AUDITION APPLICANT DEMOGRAPHICS SURVEY - Offered through a partnership with Acceptd and the National Alliance for Audition Support, an electronic voluntary self-identification form will provide demographic data about the current musician applicant pool.
AUDITION AND TENURE PRACTICES SURVEY - More information coming soon about this survey to enable the field to better understand current processes and how they can be improved.
Deadlines:
*Register to join the National Coalition: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
*Register to participate in the Inclusion Index: Friday, September 22, 2023
*Deadlines for the Audition Applicant Demographics Survey and Audition and Tenure Practices Survey to be announced
Learn more and sign up at americanorchestras.org/inclus...