An audience hard at work. In an essay in the New Republic, veteran music critic Philip Kennicott takes issue with – well, with a lot of things that ail American orchestras these days. (It’s well worth reading, and you’ll find it here.)
He claims that orchestras, in their programming, sound too much like each other. He argues that decades of outreach programs have not significantly increased minority representation in orchestras or orchestral audiences. And he also suggests that orchestral managers have grown distrustful of “serious listeners” – those listeners who care about the whole width and breadth of classical music.
He claims that orchestras, in their programming, sound too much like each other. He argues that decades of outreach programs have not significantly increased minority representation in orchestras or orchestral audiences. And he also suggests that orchestral managers have grown distrustful of “serious listeners” – those listeners who care about the whole width and breadth of classical music.
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