League of American Orchestras Launches Emerging Leaders Program

Last week, the League of American Orchestras announced the newly created, two-year Emerging Leaders Program, along with the program’s first class of seven young orchestra administrators. The League says that the Emerging Leaders Program will offer strong peer network-building opportunities, including frequent in-person meetings at the League’s New York City offices; the chance to jointly curate content at the League’s National Conference; and a group visit to other organizations. In addition, participants will work with designated mentors both at their home orchestras and outside the field, and also receive financial resources to address personalized professional-development needs.

The inaugural Emerging Leaders Program participants are:

Caleb Bailey, Orchestra Manager, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra (Lincoln, NE)
Jennifer Barton, Individual Giving Manager, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra (Jacksonville, FL)
Nicholas Cohen, Director of Community Engagement, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Bradley Evans, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager, San Francisco Symphony
Yoo-Jin Hong, Director of Civic Orchestra and Training Programs, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Reichman, General Manager, Symphony Nova (Boston, MA)
Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate, Houston Symphony

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To read the complete press release, click here.

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Stephen Danyew
Stephen Danyew

Steve Danyew is a composer, saxophonist, teacher, and arts administrator based in Rochester, NY. Danyew composes works for chamber ensembles, large instrumental ensembles, choirs and more, and currently serves as Managing Editor of Polyphonic.org. His music has been hailed as “startlingly beautiful” and “undeniably well crafted and communicative” by the Miami Herald, and has been praised as possessing “sensitivity, skill and tremendous sophistication” by the Kansas City Independent. Steve received a B.M. cum laude, Pi Kappa Lambda from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and holds an M.M. in Composition and Certificate in Arts Leadership from the Eastman School of Music.