Flanagan and Changing Tastes for Classical Music
In Chapter Five, “The Search for Symphony Audiences,” of Robert Flanagan’s book, The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras, the author discusses several reasons for audience decline (as well as the […]
Tag Archives: Classical Music
Looking good can make you play worse…
Bryan Townsend, in a post about Uzbek pianist Lola Astanova, made some comments about a review of the pianist by Zachary Woolfe in the NYT. I’m going to quote an […]
Asian Invasion of Classical Music
So Greg Sandow wrote a post on diversity in classical music and somehow it just left me feeling a little bit betrayed. Not that what he’s saying is necessarily wrong, […]
Arts Funding Is Supporting A Wealthy, White Audience: Report
This is the title of a recent Huffington Post piece that discusses a study by the Washington-based National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Given the demographic trends I’ve been blogging about, […]
on Klingon weddings and playing the Sci-Fi/Fantasy circuit
So, as I mentioned in the previous post, there is an embarrassment of riches as far as performing options are concerned, if you’re willing to think outside the box. The […]
