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The League of Professional Theatre Women to Present Oral History Project with Micki Grant
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 30, 2020 The League of Professional Theatre Women will present an Oral History Project event with the award-winning composer, lyricist, playwright, and actress Micki Grant on Monday, November 16 at 6pm on Zoom. Admission to the event is FREE. The interview with Ms. Grant has been prerecorded, and will be fol...
League Appoints Marlah Bonner-McDuffie As Vice President, Development
by Stephi Wild - September 15, 2020 The League of American Orchestras has appointed Marlah Bonner-McDuffie to the position of Vice President, Development, League President and CEO Simon Woods announced today. The executive-level position provides overall leadership to all League development initiatives. ...
League of Chicago Theatres Announces Reimagined Chicago Theatre Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 10, 2021 Like so many events recently, Chicago Theatre Week 2021 will look different than it has for the past eight years. This year, audiences will be encouraged to take time to discover a new theatre company, experience virtual shows from home, and help to strengthen theatres by donating the money that wou...
League of Professional Theatre Women Announces Leadership & 2022 Spring Events
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2022 The League of Professional Theatre Womenan organization which has championed women in the professional theatre for four decades, today announced the youngest, most diverse leadership in its history: co-presidents Mary E. Hodges & Katrin Hilbe, and Executive Vice President, Malini Singh McDonald. ...
League of American Orchestras Announces Online National Conference
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2020 The League of American Orchestras National Conference, Global Stages, Local Stories, has been transformed into an extended online event, the League announced today. Taking place from May 5-June 12, the Conference will be free of charge for all League members....
Thirty Orchestras Selected To Join League of American Orchestras' Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program
by A.A. Cristi - October 06, 2022 Thirty orchestras will take part in the League of American Orchestras’ Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program....
League Of Women Voters PB County To Host Free Online Centennial Celebration
by Stephi Wild - October 27, 2020 Ken Thomas, President of the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County (LWVPBC) today reminded people of all political persuasions that the nonpartisan organization will be “honoring the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote and the founding of the...
League of Professional Theatre Women Announces Leadership & 2022 Spring Events
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2022 The League of Professional Theatre Womenan organization which has championed women in the professional theatre for four decades, today announced the youngest, most diverse leadership in its history: co-presidents Mary E. Hodges & Katrin Hilbe, and Executive Vice President, Malini Singh McDonald. ...
Sarasota Orchestra Selected To Participate In National Consortium
by Stephi Wild - November 11, 2022 Sarasota Orchestra is one of 30 orchestras taking part in the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program, an initiative of the League of American Orchestras. ...
Pacific Symphony Named One Of 28 U.S. Orchestras To Receive Catalyst Fund Grants From League Of American Orchestras
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 05, 2020 The League of American Orchestras has awarded a grant of $18,760 to Pacific Symphony to strengthen their understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and to help transform organizational culture....
The Broadway League Presents The 2023 League Awards
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2023 The Broadway League congratulates the honorees of the League Awards, which were announced today during the 33rd annual Spring Road Conference, celebrating industry professionals whose outstanding achievements contribute to the success of Broadway on the Road. Since 1992, the League Awards recognize ...
Boston Landmarks Orchestra Receives Grant For SUBPAC Devices To Support Deaf/Hearing Impaired Community
by A.A. Cristi - August 17, 2020 Boston Landmarks Orchestra is just one of eighteen orchestras and youth orchestras to receive grants of $30,000 each to spark a culture of innovation and learning in U.S. orchestras. Created by the League of American Orchestras to support a variety of forward-thinking and experimental projects, the ...
League of American Orchestras Announces New Board Members
by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2021 Six new members have joined the Board of Directors of the League of American Orchestras, the only national organization dedicated to advancing the orchestral art form in the U.S....
2022 League of American Orchestras National Conference to Take Place in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022 After online convenings in 2020 and 2021, the League of American Orchestras National Conference will take place in person again, hosted this year by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in partnership with the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO)....
League of Women Voters PBC to Honor 100th Anniversary with Free Online Celebration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2020 Ken Thomas, President of LWVPBC today announced that the nonpartisan political organization will be a?oehonoring the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote and the founding of the League at a free, online celebration on the first Saturday after the up...
The League of American Orchestras Shares Findings From Recent COVID-19 Impact Survey
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2021 The League of American Orchestras CEO Simon Woods has revealed new data about orchestral performances during the pandemic, and the anticipated return to in-person performances....
Tonya Pinkins to be Awarded With the 2020 LPTW Rachel Crothers Leadership Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 13, 2020 The League of Professional Theatre Women will bestow the 2020 LPTW Rachel Crothers Leadership Award to multi-award-winning actress, author, and activist, Tonya Pinkins. The award will be presented on Monday, December 7 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm on Zoom....
Kendra Whitlock Ingram and Brian Moreland Elected to The Broadway League's Board of Governors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 07, 2020 Two new members were voted to the League’s Board of Governors: Kendra Whitlock Ingram, President and CEO, Marcus Performing Arts Center, and Broadway producer Brian Moreland of B.More Now Productions, whose recent credits include four Broadway shows in the last two seasons with others in the works. ...
League of Chicago Theatres to Host Free, Public Celebration to Kick Off Chicago Theatre Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2023 The League of Chicago Theatres, in partnership with Choose Chicago, will present a celebratory evening of food, drinks, mingling, and performances to launch Chicago Theatre Week 2023. ...
Nashville Ballet To Celebrate 19th Amendment With Free Performance
by A.A. Cristi - July 16, 2020 Inspired by Tennessee's vital role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Nashville Ballet will share a digital presentation of Gina Patterson's 72 Steps on Tuesday, August 18 a?" the exact date the Tennessee legislature ratified the bill granting women the right to vote 100 years earlier. Made ...
South Dakota Symphony Receives Catalyst Fund Grant To Advance Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion
by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2020 The League of American Orchestras has awarded a $18,760 grant to the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) to strengthen their understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and to help transform organizational culture. Given to just twenty-eight orchestras nationwide, the one-year grants ...
Nashville Ballet To Celebrate 19th Amendment With Free Performance
by A.A. Cristi - July 16, 2020 Inspired by Tennessee's vital role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Nashville Ballet will share a digital presentation of Gina Patterson's 72 Steps on Tuesday, August 18 a?" the exact date the Tennessee legislature ratified the bill granting women the right to vote 100 years earlier. Made ...
League of American Orchestras Announces Six New Board Members
by Stephi Wild - October 13, 2022 Judy Dines, William L. Gettys, Leslie Lassiter, John Lofton, Michael R. Mayton, and Robert W. McDonald have joined the League of American Orchestras' Board of Directors; each will serve a three-year term. Lowell J. Noteboom, Steven C. Parrish, and Anne Parsons (deceased) were elected to the League’s...
New Report Finds Significant Increases in Works by Women and Composers of Color Performed by American Orchestras
by A.A. Cristi - June 21, 2022 A new report by the Institute for Composer Diversity, produced in partnership with the League of American Orchestras, confirms an increase in works by women and composers of color on stage....
Anne Parsons Leadership Program Participants Revealed
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2023 Six women and non-binary orchestra professionals from across the country will comprise the first cohort of the League of American Orchestras' Anne Parsons Leadership Program, the League has announced. ... |