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Community Dialogue Part VI: What changes or trends in programming do you think we might see?
Community Dialogue Part VI: What changes or trends in programming do you think we might see?
Our community dialogue piece continues with new faces and opinions of the Chicago Arts Community and YOU.
What changes or trends in programming do you think we might see?
Jim Hirsch, Chicago Sinfonietta
I believe we will see more mixing of genres and presentation methodologies.
Stephen Burns, Fulcrum Point New Music Project
More new music and interdisciplinary programs.
Dileep Gangoll, Clarinet, Chicago Sinfonietta
Programming will reflect the influence of world cultures rather than just a Eurocentric viewpoint. The challenge will be for orchestras to remain firmly in the rich tradition from which they have evolved to meet the different expectations of new audiences.
This may mean doing unconventional things such as offering dining during the concert (not really a new idea – it was done at the opera even up to the Classical era), playing one movement of larger works (again not a new idea), identifying popular artists who want to explore working with orchestras and perhaps, (with assistance) writing in larger forms (such as McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio).
Comments
Programming
Sun, 11/15/2009 - 9:52am — AnonymousJeff,
I couldn't agree with you more, and for what it's worth, your review was my favorite of the bunch. First, about your review. I loved how you intertwined your personal story with your experience of the concert. Why does this site want another JVR clone? Yours is a voice I hope we hear more of here regardless of the final vote tally. As for programming, this field desperately needs regular infusions of new repertoire from lots of sources. Some orchestras are trying and my hat is off to them. Keep up the good work!
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Give Us Some New With The Old!
Thu, 11/12/2009 - 3:29pm — Jeff_TurkNew material programmed with standards would be a nice start. I have talked about the Dudamel concert featuring the Mahler 1 along with the premier of the Adams piece. I would like to see more of that. Why not start every concert with a new piece? There are plenty of new compositions, written by many diverse composers. Hopefully more music directors will throw us consumers a bone and help us discover new works by saddling them up with the traditional classics we are paying to see. Chances are, we are buying the ticket for the main event such as the Beethoven Fifth… it wouldn’t be a deal breaker if you threw on a new piece – maybe even written by a female or minority composer!
I guess this is less a “what we will see” and more a “what I hope we will see” response to this question.
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