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ACSO Awards
The ACSO Awards program recognizes remarkable individuals and organizations for their meaningful contributions to the orchestra field. ACSO oversees five awards in its portfolio:
Award winners are chosen based on strength of the application in demonstrating, in alignment with the criteria, the nominees' extraordinary leadership and professional accomplishments. All nominations must be completed by Friday, May 17, 2023.
ACSO promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion values and principles. As such, we encourage nominators to consider submitting candidates for the individual awards who meet the award criteria and represent a diversity of ages, genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
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Young Musician
Leadership Award
This award will be given to a young musician in middle-school through college, who is part of a performing ensemble and has shown remarkable potential to become a future leader in the performing arts field. This is NOT an award for musical ability – it is to highlight the leadership potential of those who have gone above and beyond in service to their orchestra, school, peer group, or community.
The Social Impact Award will be granted to an organizational member of ACSO that has demonstrated measurable success in the area of social impact within the past three to five seasons.
ACSO defines social impact as conscious or deliberate efforts towards positive change that address or improve
social injustices or challenges.
ACSO believes that an orchestra’s value extends beyond the music that they offer to their communities - they can also serve as agents to influence social change and make their communities stronger and more connected.
