Welcome to the Orchestras Live website
Orchestras Live is the national development agency for orchestral music. Our vision is to enable the widest range of people to have inspirational experiences of high quality live orchestral music.
Orchestras Live (and its predecessor, Eastern Orchestral Board) has underpinned the local promotion of orchestral events for over 40 years. We now work across England to create excellent and sustainable programmes of live orchestral music, the foundations of which are built on strong, diverse partnerships of people, organisations, promoters and orchestras.
Through these strategic partnerships, we fund, enable and deliver programmes of concerts and pioneering educational projects that have lasting legacies.
This website is split into three main sections:
Our Priorities
Latest News
Partner Update available
Orchestras Live's first Partner Update newsletter is available to download from this website, and printed copies are available upon request.
Challenging Our Audience Development Model
"Stop selling tickets, develop relationships." This was the blunt message delivered by Doug Kinzey, Senior Director of Audience Development at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra speaking at his recent seminar for Orchestras Live and the ABO. Download Jan Ford's essential report on Doug's seminar.
Orchestras Live media player launched!
This website now features a self-contained media player and over the coming months Orchestras Live will be adding audio (and possibly video) features on its projects. The first clip is a short audio feature on the Philharmonia Turangalila project.
