A Little Too Much Faith In The Government?

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A recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution highlights some of the fundraising hurdles the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is attempting to surmount with regard to their planned concert hall. The article reports that if the ASO doesn’t receive the government support they’ve requested, the concert hall project may be delayed or not go through as planned… Reportedly, the ASO has asked their local and State governments to contribute $100 million (combined) toward …

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Building An Audience That Knows Better

The cross-blogging applause discussion has apparently wrapped up nicely over at Rifftides. Doug Ramsey closes out the dialogue with some final words from jazz musician Bill Kirchner, the man who started the discussion in the first place…

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Yale, Yale, Yale

The music business is aflutter with Yale’s recent announcement that it’s graduate music program will be tuition free. Some people claim this is good for the orchestra business and others claim it’s only going to hurt. The Partial Observer published a piece of mine today which examines how the Yale gift will likely impact the orchestra business and classical music.

More On Applause

My Arts Journal blog neighbor, Doug Ramsey, posted a fascinating entry yesterday about a jazz musician, Bill Kirchner, who is experimenting with attempts to get his audience to cease-and-desist from applauding after solos. It’s all quite fascinating when you compare it to orchestra concerts; consequently, the topic would have made good fodder for an episode of “The Twilight Zone”…

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