Save the date for our 2025 Leadership Summit!

If you missed this year’s conference, but want to catch our next event, then be sure to save the date for our SAA Leadership Summit! For the first time since 2019, the SAA will host its biennial Leadership event! Save the dates below, and we’ll see you there!

Thursday, March 20—Saturday, March 22, 2025

at the Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA

Continuing off of this year’s success, attendees of the SAA Leadership Summit will have the opportunity to attend some sessions for the ASTA conference! While the set-up won’t be exactly the same, we are excited to share space with our colleagues once again! Stay tuned for details, registration rates, and more!

Dalanie Harris is a double bassist from Los Angeles, CA. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, Harris is a fierce advocate for equity and cultural inclusivity in classical music spaces. In November 2018, Harris co-founded Classically Black Podcast, which brings listeners into the world of classical music through the eyes of Black classical musicians. Harris has presented at conferences promoting equity and inclusion for Black musicians across the country, including SphinxConnect, the YOLA National Symposium, and the El Sistema USA National Symposium.