Forward Thinking: Championing and Leading

The League of American Orchestras’ Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program is ensuring that new works by women composers will be performed by orchestras now and in seasons to come, with multiple performances nationwide.

Orchestras and their boards of directors are finding new ways to move forward in the “new normal” of post-pandemic life and a rapidly evolving society. With the League’s National Conference taking place this June in Pittsburgh, leaders of orchestra boards across Pennsylvania share their views.

When the New York Youth Symphony won a Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance earlier this year, it was a big deal for this youth orchestra—and for youth orchestras nationwide.