Concert Experience – Page 3

“People, this will get you laid”

Sunday, February 16th, 2020Thursday, April 10th, 2014 by Drew McManus

Today’s title is a quote from singer-songwriter Ben Folds who was describing a live orchestra event. Originally published in the 4/9/2014 edition of the Riverfront Times, the article’s author, Allison Babka, interviewed Folds about an upcoming St. Louis Symphony Orchestra appearance. “It’s the best place to take anyone on a date. It’s perfect,” Folds insists. “It’s not loud as shit, you’re not talking over each other, you’re seated and you can make …

Quality Assurance Testing The Non-Artistic Concert Experience

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 by Drew McManus

There’s an intriguing article in the 3/7/2014 edition of the Twinsburg Bulletin by Parker Perry where the author recounts a recent experience attending a Cleveland Orchestra performance at Severance Hall. The author, a college student, was attending a Severance concert for the first time and he provides a newbie’s perspective toward a number of elements that contributed to his overall user experience, or UX. By and large, Perry’s found the overall …

And We Would Have Gotten Away With It Too, If It Weren’t For You Meddling Patrons

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 by Drew McManus

Regular readers know that the extended concert experience is a frequent topic here at Adaptistration but rarely does the topic intersect collective bargaining agreement negotiations. As it turns out, we were treated to one of those unusual occurrences last week from Bloomberg’s Manuela Hoelterhoff who delivered a journalistic spanking to the Metropolitan Opera (The Met) in her 2/27/2014 article about the organization’s underwhelming patron comforts. Hoelterhoff covers common patron complaints including …

Krystian Zimerman Will Have Bigger Things To Worry About

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 by Drew McManus

Last week’s post about the uproar surrounding pianist Krystian Zimerman’s decision to cut a recital short because he spotted a patron allegedly recording the performance with a Smartphone generated some terrific feedback from readers. In particular, readers focused on issues surrounding copyright infringement and patron interaction. First up, was a comment from reader Rochelle Skolnick who observed that the coverage surrounding the topic was missing copyright related points. I admit that …

Join The Sacred Cow Barbecue (unless you live in NYC)

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018Friday, June 7th, 2013 by Drew McManus

There’s a terrific article by Brian Wise in the 6/6/2013 edition of WQXR.com that examines the issue of using cameras and recording devices in the concert hall. The issue is hot right now following a temper tantrum from pianist Krystian Zimerman who cut a recital short because he spotted a patron allegedly recording the performance with a Smartphone. What makes Zimerman’s situation stand out is he apparently went on to lecture …