{"id":6508,"date":"2017-08-15T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?p=6508"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:39:39","slug":"of-and-for-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/of-and-for-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Of and For the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cover-EdCE-Report-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6509\" style=\"width:216px;height:279px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cover-EdCE-Report-sm.jpg 612w, https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cover-EdCE-Report-sm-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Orchestras\u2019 ambitions to engage with communities, in ways that create new and distinctive opportunities for creative expression and connection, are growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this time of widespread societal change, the education and engagement work undertaken by orchestras deserves dedicated attention, and so the League of American Orchestras is pleased to share a new report.&nbsp;<em>Of and For the Community<\/em>&nbsp;is the League\u2019s first detailed report on the education and community engagement (EdCE) work of orchestras. 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