Confronted with fundamental and ongoing changes in their audiences, orchestras are thinking about what they do and how they do it as never before. In this chapter we explore some of the ideas, innovations, optimism and uneasiness of the American orchestra, as it finds it way toward the audiences of the future.
This podcast was developed from our May 2012 live forum event and backstage interviews.
Chapter Nine – Considering Audiences, Part 2
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Topic: Audience | Tags: alan gilbert, brent assink, ed sanders, elizabeth scott, franz welser-möst, matthew van besien, podcast, sunil iyengar, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
July 26, 2012 by Beth Hondl | Comments (0)
For decades nobody thought very much about them. The audience was who showed up to fill the concert hall, in a largely predictable and reliable way. An orchestra scheduled and performed its subscription concerts, and the patrons came to hear them–a straightforward cause-and-effect relationship. Like many relationships in our times, this one has changed, grown more volatile, and become anything but straightforward. No one, it’s safe to say, is taking the audience for granted now.
This podcast was developed from our May 2012 live forum event and a behind-the-scenes conversation with The Cleveland Orchestra in April 2012.
Chapter Eight – Considering Audiences, Part 1
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Topic: Audience | Tags: alan gilbert, brent assink, elizabeth scott, gary hanson, mark clague, matthew van besien, podcast, sunil iyengar
July 24, 2012 by Beth Hondl | Comments (0)