Mission:
To ensure the continued existence of major symphony orchestras in North America through volunteerism.
OUR 2024 CONFERENCE IS ALMOST HERE!
AMSOV's Biennial Conference will be in Kansas City, Missouri, April 4-7, 2024. That's right around the corner.
The Conference will be full of practical information and ideas you can take back home to put to work in serving your symphony orchestra. Plus, the agenda includes fun activities, great entertainment in Kansas City style, and time to socialize with AMSOV friends and fellow volunteers.
Registration is open to all AMSOV members. If you are not currently a member, the registration form includes an easy way to join for just $25 in annual dues.
Conference registration is $500 which covers all sessions, a Kansas City Symphony performance and all meals, including a celebratory dinner the last night of the Conference with entertainment provided by Kansas City jazz musicians.
The deadline for conference registration has passed BUT, if you forgot to register, please contact Registration Chair Linda Hartman, 816-803-4020 or registration@amsov.org, to find out if a place is still available.
Want to know more? Click here for an overview of the 3-1/2 day event.
PANEL OF ADVISORS
A recently-added benefit for AMSOV members is the newly-formed Panel of Advisors.
Do you have questions about your non-profit organization's legal status? Are you thinking about launching a Symphony Ball or Showhouse but aren't sure where to start? Are you tearing your hair out over your website and wishing a real person was available to answer your question instead of having to search through a page of FAQs? Do you need help with fundraising (don't we all??)?
Your AMSOV Panel of Advisors is available to assist. To check out the free consultation services available to you, click here. Help is just a phone call away.
MEMBERSHIP
ELIGIBILITY EXPANDED
AMSOV membership is now open to volunteer organizations and individual volunteers supporting orchestras in Groups 1, 2 and 3.
To learn more or to activate membership, click here.
WHY JOIN AMSOV?
"It's been most important to me to mix and mingle with delegates from like orchestras. It's a chance to learn because they've had the same challenges. We've shared ideas so we wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel."
Isa N.
Seattle
The best thing about AMSOV are all the friendships that I have developed along the way. As volunteers, when we share and work together using our unique proficiencies and experiences, the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. I am indebted to AMSOV for all the
one-of-a-kind experiences that I have had visiting symphony volunteer organizations in the United States and Canada and the opportunity to attend outstanding performances of their symphonies.
Mike M.
Kansas City
In the 20+ years that I have been a member of AMSOV, I have greatly appreciated how the organization supports and champions North America’s major symphony orchestra volunteer groups. Its conferences, website and email newsletters inform groups about orchestral activity and developments. The conferences provide educational sessions from renowned speakers on innovation, advocacy, projects and fundraising, and leadership advancement. Friendships with the volunteer groups have been formed and sustained through the many years. I am excited to go to Kansas City in 2024 to greet longtime friends and make new friendships from the member orchestras.
Deborah B.
Dallas
I have attended all but two conferences since 1987. Through the years, I have truly enjoyed meeting, networking, sharing and getting new ideas from volunteers from many other major orchestras, and learning to sharpen my leadership skills. I have also made some life-long friends.
AMSOV has been an important part of my life and I am grateful to have been given the opportunity.
Ginny C.
Los Angeles
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MEMBERSHIP OR TO JOIN, CLICK HERE.