Comments on: All Dressed Down, With No Place To Go: Do Orchestras and Young Musicians Have a Future? https://musedialogue.org A journal for contemplation and discussion of the arts Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erik van Zadel https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/all-dressed-down-with-no-place-to-go-do-orchestras-and-young-musicians-have-a-future/#comment-5045 Sat, 04 May 2013 23:28:02 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1927#comment-5045 Interesting article. Indeed, familiarity seems to replace formality in modern life and artists can’t deny this any longer. To throw in a paradox, I would like to add that the greatest challenge for artists may be to be familiar without being ordinary.

]]> By: pintopercussion https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/all-dressed-down-with-no-place-to-go-do-orchestras-and-young-musicians-have-a-future/#comment-4363 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:17:23 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1927#comment-4363 You are right in that this isn’t a new concept at all. I think that music more so than any other art form tends to drag on the innovation side. To be honest I am not that very interested in attending formal symphony concerts either. The experience doesn’t resonate with me as much as it use to. Hopefully I can work to change that but who knows what will happen. I will admit that recitals on a more intimate setting are better for me.

]]> By: pintopercussion https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/all-dressed-down-with-no-place-to-go-do-orchestras-and-young-musicians-have-a-future/#comment-4362 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:08:09 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1927#comment-4362 Very good point. TV stations are struggling with that very problem right now by giving the consumer too much power through the Nielsen Boxes that they give out. I guess I just wanted to stress that we should shift from this idea that we have all the answers to one that supports an open ear to the public more so that we are seeing at the moment.

Also why are we both looking in the same direction pensively thinking about life?

]]> By: Franklin https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/all-dressed-down-with-no-place-to-go-do-orchestras-and-young-musicians-have-a-future/#comment-4357 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:54:08 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1927#comment-4357 The dilemma of how to engage with the audience is not new (Mozart famously wrote about whom he aimed to please with his music), nor limited to music (writers deal with this, as well as academic researchers looking for funding and peer acceptance, and Steve Jobs gambled brilliantly in deciding to innovate by creating customer demand and showing them what they really wanted), but I think the world of Western art music is different in that it has not adapted as quickly and therefore any adaptation seems more radical than it would be had it started adapting earlier. As a lover of music (of many kinds), that’s my perception. I’m going to be frank: I’m just not very interested in going to formal symphony concerts these days. On the other hand, I totally had a blast going to Robert Dick’s flute recital in Bricolage last night.

]]> By: Stephen Neely https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/vol-2-the-path-of-new-musicians/all-dressed-down-with-no-place-to-go-do-orchestras-and-young-musicians-have-a-future/#comment-4352 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:35:10 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1927#comment-4352 Right on, Colin. Taking a risk, putting it out there…I like it!

You have packed a lot in here. I think I am caught in your argument that mentions Babbitt. It is a tricky problem. Where is the line between “listening” to what the modern audience wants and giving them what they need, or what they do not yet know they want?

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