League Communications: Newly Confirmed Speakers: Valerie Coleman, Marin Alsop, and Esa-Pekka Salonen

June Schedule and Speakers Announced!

Valerie Coleman

The final two weeks of the League of American Orchestras' extended online Conference will include a performance and keynote address by flutist and composer Valerie Coleman; electives examining what it will take to re-open and re-engage audiences in the concert hall; and artistic sessions with panels featuring Marin Alsop and Esa-Pekka Salonen. 

 

Contact Rachelle Schlosser (rschlosser@americanorchestras.org) to receive links for the online Conference, running through June 12.

 

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All sessions below at 1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific, unless otherwise noted.

 

Week 5

• Wed, June 3: What is the Artistic Work of Orchestras for Today? 
  Elective with Jonathan Harper, Charles Hazlewood, Joanne Roughton-Arnold, and Esa-Pekka Salonen
   
• Thu, June 4 at 11:00am Eastern/8am Pacific: So You Want to Know About Sensory-Friendly Programming? 
  Elective with Roger ideishi and Jessica Ryan
   
• Thu, June 4: The Post-Pandemic Future
  Elective with Adrian Ellis and Elizabeth Merritt
   
• Fri, June 5 at 11:00am Eastern/8:00am Pacific: Loan Forgiveness and the Paycheck Protection Program
  Elective with Kyle Miller
   
• Fri, June 5: Aligning Strategic Facility Initiatives with COVID-19 Response
  Sponsored innovation session with Peter K. Dahl, Leighton Deer, Dan Kupfer, and Dennis Legg

Week 6

• Mon, June 8: EDI at the SFS: Foundational Work and the COVID-19 Challenge 
  Elective with the San Francisco Symphony
   
• Tue, June 9: Creative Youth Development Online: How Orchestras, Youth Orchestras, and Musicians Join Young Learners as Agents of Change
  Elective with Marin Alsop, Rodrigo Guerrero, Asia Palmer, and Daniel Trahey
   
• Wed, June 10: Engaging Audiences in the Post-pandemic World: The Evidence for Change 
  Elective with Jennifer Benoit-Bryan, Ph.D., Alan Brown, Jill Robinson, and Sunil Iyengar
   
• Thu, June 11: Gathering Again: The Science of Orchestral Music Making Amid COVID-19
  Elective with Mark Pemberton and Mark Spede
   
• Fri, June 12: Conference Finale with Valerie Coleman 
  Closing session with a performance and keynote by flutist and composer Valerie Coleman