tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post6263591534949345936..comments2024-03-27T00:20:29.080-04:00Comments on Seated Ovation: The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00001122423953519326noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-53001829947296932372010-11-24T13:57:44.128-05:002010-11-24T13:57:44.128-05:00I'm a student from London, and there are simil...I'm a student from London, and there are similar attempts to create the next generation of concert-goers happening here. In general, the most success seems to come from targeting students directly - specifically, offering an incentive like free alcohol and a cheap ticket. The LSO is very good at this, and they have the added bonus of convenience: you can buy tickets by sending them an SMS on your phone.<br /><br />In addition, I would say my friends and I enjoy contact with the players and conductors, which adds a slightly more human element to the experience. Once again, the LSO provide this to some extent through their facebook page, which includes tour blogs and photos and makes them a much more interactive entity than many orchestras.<br /><br />It is worth mentioning that everyone I go to concerts with has some musical training, and when someone brings a 'non-musical' friend, they seem intimidated by the whole experience, and aware of their ignorance of classical music. If more young people were well-educated in classical music, I am 100% convinced that more young people would be going to concerts.<br /><br />Finally, the 7.30pm timing of most concerts is very annoying. Later concerts would enable people to eat and get changed, not feel like they are in a rush, and is a more obvious prelude to an evening out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-73709212256772088932010-11-23T12:16:45.619-05:002010-11-23T12:16:45.619-05:00Thanks for your very interesting post. I myself w...Thanks for your very interesting post. I myself was recently in Berlin, and I was struck not so much by a trendy youthful crowd at the Philharmonic, but a chic middle-aged crowd that tends to be lacking in American orchestras. I live in Chicago, and the typical Chicago Symphony audience is quite geriatric (though there's always a bus-load of students and some eccentric 20- and 30-somethings in the mix).<br /><br />There's one orchestra I've been to that really does buck this trend, however - the L.A. Philharmonic. I took in a concert of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony of all pieces, and the audience was a very diverse mix-up of ages and ethnicities. No doubt it's the Dudamel factor which accounts for it.Willhttp://www.willcwhite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-4751959309076022632010-11-23T09:07:56.334-05:002010-11-23T09:07:56.334-05:00I agree with the last comment. Opera is never goin...I agree with the last comment. Opera is never going to be of 'wide' appeal, and will always hold a special and niche market of fans. This is not to say the general public don't have any kind of interest in the arena though :)Verdihttp://www.roh.org.uk/discover/artistdetail.aspx?id=541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-11097612586384590842010-11-22T23:47:04.950-05:002010-11-22T23:47:04.950-05:00Will,
Why is it so hard for people to understand ...Will,<br /><br />Why is it so hard for people to understand that classical music and opera will never, ever be a medium of wide popularity ? Its appreciation and love will always be confined to a relatively narrow segment of the population. <br /><br />As an aside: the scientists who mapped the human genome say that 'aesthetic perception and sensitivity' is largely programmed in (genetic). <br /><br />In most cases people come to an appreciation/love of the great masterpieces without getting it from their parents, teachers, or formal study and simply through EXPOSURE... That sensitivity to music is almost like an aptitude, you either have it or you don't and therefore it is useless to assign blame or censure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-28142956962997986382010-11-22T20:04:24.443-05:002010-11-22T20:04:24.443-05:00But what about....?
wordlessmusic.orgBut what about....?<br /><br />wordlessmusic.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com