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Some JSTOR paraphernalia my wife got for me while she was at the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Conference in Indianapolis last weekend.

An Annotated Bibliographic Timeline of “Orchestra Crisis”

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 11 Comments

So yes, JSTOR is my friend, but while spending a lot of time searching databases of peer reviewed journals and more academic books I didn’t think to look at more […]

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Arts Education, Arts Funding, Economics, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras
Dothraki Love Songs are Srsly Serious!

Dothraki Love Songs and Who is Paul McCartney, anyway?

April 9, 2013by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

Occasionally I do weird web searches–it’s usually how I find some very interesting things that I would never have come across even while some bemoan that the net has killed […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Arts Education, Audiences
I'm going to start blame World of Warcraft for the decline of Classical Music audiences--damn you, Thrall!

Convenient excuses for low arts attendance

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 8 Comments

Joe Patti posted an excellent rebuttal of the idea that arcane terminology and practices are killing the arts.  Not exactly the phrase used, but soul-sucking and alienating have pretty negative […]

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Arts Education, Audiences
Jon Silpayamanant performing with Raks Makam at the Eifler Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. October 7, 2011.

“I’m having trouble with the idea that art is universal lately”

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 4 Comments

The title of this post is taken from Clayton Lord’s recent blog post, All the People, where he questions the Universalist position most arts organizations in the states take for […]

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Aesthetics, Arts Education, Arts Funding, Audiences, Cross-Cultural criticism, Diversity, Education, Orchestra Reform, Post-Colonialism
Creativity Matters: The Arts and Aging Toolkit

Arts and Aging Toolkit

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I’ve been coming across a number of organizations designed to address the arts for an aging population.  The Arts and Aging Toolkit talks about the Demographics of Aging (Chapter 1.3) […]

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Art, Arts Education, Audiences, Diversity

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