On 25 May 2007 at 14:15, Phil Daley wrote: > At 5/25/2007 01:26 PM, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: > > >1) Phil - that really isn't relevant to much of this thread; whether > on the >philoso-theolo level, or much else. Congratulations, your > favorite >composer is Bach. > > OK, but people have been talking about modern symphonies and their > lack of audience and some have them have gone bankrupt. > > IMHO, this is because they perform too many "new" music things.
I think that is an opinion with no factual basis. Reading Gregory Sandow's blog: http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow/ gives quite a bit of detail about the failure of large classical music organizations. But over and over again he cites examples of new music concerts being very enthusiastically received. Mostly, it's not the specific *music* that matters, but the environment in which you present it, and the way you present it. Yes, if you present new music as bad-tasting medicine that you listen to for your own good, people won't like it. If you instead present it as something interesting and surround it with context (such as contemporary works of visual art), in a non-stuffy venue, then audiences (especially *young* audiences) seem to like it perfectly fine. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
