CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Unsuccessful Overtures

OpinionJournal: "If a new report is indeed correct, much of the accepted wisdom about saving America's orchestras--which rests on the idea that if people can just be lured into the concert hall, they'll buy tickets and come back--is wrong. And that explains why, decades after the alarums were first rung, the knell still sounds and the debate within the classical-music set remains much the same."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is an issues that I think all arts organizations face. In a world of ever changing and advancing technology, it is hard to produce something that is worth the proce of adimssion. Symphonies were originally successful because people HAD to go to a concert hall to hear Beethoven's latest symphony. Now, if I want to hear a symphony, I just pop in a CD or turn on my computer. Let's face it folks, as sad as it is, markets don't always last forever. (I mean, when was the last time you bought a riceograph, or even saw one for sale??)