Music Matters -- New Study Reports Case Studies on Orchestra Innovations → June 14, 2010 The book Fearless Journeys: Innovation in Five American Orchestras, produced by the League of American Orchestras and funded with grants from MetLife Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, is a first-of-its-kind case study about innovation in orchestras. The five orchestras’ stories featured in the book are only a few examples of how the orchestra field is testing important new approaches to administrative/artistic organization, community partnerships, and artistic initiatives. The book’s conclusion focuses on factors that have enabled innovation in all five orchestras in the study – critical knowledge that orchestras can use. The book serves as hard evidence that, even in these challenging times, the field is taking risks and discovering ways to become increasingly resilient.