Topic: BUSINESS
"If you consider that the vast amount of college graduates over the past few years don't even register in their consciousness the sound of a cello, clarinet, French horn or flute, how can you even begin to expect them to appreciate traditional forms of music, not to mention going out and actually purchasing a ticket?" says Royal, who has lectured on American music at colleges and universities.LINK to the article
Tuesday, 27 September 2005
Attention-getters can detract from music?s mission Topic: BUSINESS
As another season gets under way, you can count on vexed musicians, administrators and impresarios once again lamenting the decline in attendance and appreciation for classical music. You can also count on those folks to hatch more and more ideas aimed at reversing that decline. The effort to snare new listeners -- especially younger listeners -- is obviously essential to the future of the art form.
...LINK to complete news story
Sunday, 25 September 2005
Attention-getters can detract from music's mission Topic: BUSINESS
As another season gets under way, you can count on vexed
musicians, administrators and impresarios once again lamenting the
decline in attendance and appreciation for classical music. You can also
count on those folks to hatch more and more ideas aimed at reversing that
decline.
...LINK to complete news story
Wednesday, 21 September 2005
The remembrance of music past Topic: BUSINESS
...classical music exudes a public image not just of stability but of flat-out intransience. Once a piece is in, it can look forward to a long life of repetition. ...LINK to complete news story
Topic: BUSINESS
The Royal Opera House has removed the name of Albert Vilar from its Floral Hall, the impressive glass atrium which houses the Covent Garden venue’s bar and foyer, after the financier and philanthropist failed to fulfil his pledge of a #10m donation. ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 19 September 2005
Is Montreal starving its arts? Topic: BUSINESS
Last month, Serge Joyal, a Liberal senator, art collector and prominent figure on Quebec's arts scene, wrote an open letter about "Montreal declasse," in which he surveyed the evidence of the city's eclipse as a cultural capital relative to Toronto. ...LINK to complete news story
Saturday, 17 September 2005
Topic: BUSINESS
The musicians and management of the Los Angeles Philharmonic have signed a new four-year contract that will make the musicians among the highest-paid in the country, the Philharmonic announced. ...LINK to complete news story
New Orleans Artist Relief Effort Topic: BUSINESS
Tipitina's Foundation has devoted its efforts to uplifting the New Orleans music community through its Music Co-op Office, Instruments A-Comin' benefit concerts and the Tipitina's Internship Program. That mission has changed, as people save and rebuild that very community. ...LINK to complete news story
Friday, 16 September 2005
Sibelius Conductors' Competition Jury Declines to Give Top Awards Topic: BUSINESS The jury of the third International Sibelius Conductors’ Competition decided not to award any top prizes this year, the Helsingin Sanomat Esa-Pekka Salonen, the jury’s chair and the competition’s artistic director, announced to the competition’s audience that “the level of the competition was a disappointment. Not one finalist conducted the symphony by Sibelius in a way that would entitle him to any of the first three prizes in a Sibelius Conductors’ Competition.”
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Thursday, 8 September 2005
Now Playing: Most orchestra musicians top up pay with extra work Topic: BUSINESS
Almost nine out of ten musicians in Britain’s top orchestras are forced to take on outside jobs as a result of poor pay, according to a survey commissioned by the Musicians’ Union. ...LINK to complete news story
Topic: BUSINESS
The American Symphony Orchestra League has created a relief fund to help orchestras affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Those orchestras include the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra in Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast Symphony and Meridian Symphony Orchestra in Mississippi. ...LINK to complete news story
Wednesday, 7 September 2005
The Music Industry Reponds To Katrina Topic: BUSINESS
While the devastating impact from Hurricane Katrina is still being assessed, the music industry continues to respond with a variety of donations, charitable events and assistance. Follow the Link to Web sites where you can donate your time or financial support for Katrina victims. ...LINK to complete news story
MusiCares Donations Now Playing: The MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund Topic: BUSINESS
Set up by GRAMMY? people so music people impacted by Hurricane Katrina can get help. Assistance includes basic living expenses such as shelter, food, utilities, transportation; medical expenses including doctor, dentist and hospital bills, medications; clothing; instrument and recording equipment replacement; relocation costs; school supplies for students; insurance payments and more. ...LINK to complete news story
Tuesday, 6 September 2005
Musicians helping musicians Topic: BUSINESS
If you know any musicians affected by the hurricane and they are in
Houston, tell them about NOAHLEANS.COM. This is the website of an
organization set up by a group of Houston musicians to help New
Orleans
musicians get instruments, gigs, etc.
Efforts Underway to Provide Jobs and Help for Louisiana Musicians Topic: BUSINESS
At least three web sites are offering assistance to the musicians of the Louisiana Philharmonic and other musicians from the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ...LINK to complete news story