I left the League of American Orchestras Conference feeling rejuvenated, hopeful about the future, and more in love with orchestral music than before.

Lessons from day two of the League conference, including twelve rules that any organization actively seeking to fail should follow.

At the 65th National Conference of the League of American Orchestras, Nickitas J. Demos is anxious to find out what the state of the profession is and what place, if any, contemporary composers hold within the institution.