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"Narcissus," by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (ca 1597-1599)

Narcissism on the Rise in American Pop Music?

March 28, 2013by Jon Silpayamanant 6 Comments

On my facebook feed, Eric Edberg had posted a link about the internet “narcissism epidemic.”  It linked to a piece talking about a NYT piece about the rise of “a […]

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Aesthetics, Audiences, Local Culture, Research, Rock, Rock 'N' Roll
Tyler Thompson, 15, is a standout student in the Oakland-based Purple Silk Music Education program, which teaches children and youth - mostly from low-income immigrant families — how to sing and play traditional Chinese music.  More info here: http://malaysiafinance.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-cool-is-this.html

Are music schools serving the needs of its students?

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 6 Comments

  I really do plan on getting back to the Aging of Orchestra Audiences issue–really, I do!  But I’d been having a stimulating and thought-provoking dialogue with some folks over […]

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Aesthetics, Arts Education, children, Cross-Cultural criticism, Diversity, Economics, Education, Music, pedagogy, Research, Teaching, World Music
Like Disney's Pollyanna, the Chicken Little Think Tank can only see Orchestra Management as doing good!

Imaginary Fiscal Distress Syndrome or “How Pollyanna looks at Orchestra Management”

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 14 Comments

Some months ago I read Karen Berman, Joe Knight, and John Case’s, Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers, which is a wonderfully concise […]

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Arts Funding, Economics, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras, Performance Ethics, Research
Like Disney's Chicken Little, the Chicken Little Think Tank would have us believe the "Sky is Falling" in Classical Music Culture!

Aging of the Orchestra Audience and the Fallacy of “Demographic Destiny”

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

In a February 2011 NEA Research Report, “Age and Arts Participation: A Case against Demographic Destiny” by Mark J. Stern, we find a refutation of the so-called dire data that […]

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Arts Education, Audiences, Education, Orchestras, Research
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Aging of the Orchestra Audience is “A Function of Demographic Evolution”

Featuredby Jon Silpayamanant 8 Comments

“In other words, the problem [of aging audiences]—if it even is a problem—would seem to be more a function of demographic evolution than a lack of cultural wherewithal on the […]

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Arts Education, Audiences, Orchestras, Research, Rock

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