Ten Questions For A Critic: The State Of Classical Music - NPR News
Anne Midgette: Well, the recording industry has suffered from a blockbuster mentality that doesn't work very well in the internet age of the so-called "long tail" theory. That is, the internet is predicated on the idea that you can sell a lot of ...November 17, 2009
Salil Chaudhary: Pioneer to introduce western classical music! - Glamsham
It indeed is an apparent paradox that Salil Chaudhary who was the pioneer as far as introducing western classical music to the Indian music aficionados is concerned was not remembered at all on his birthday yesterday. Salil Chaudhary was the man who ...November 20, 2009
Finding meaning in classical music - NorthJersey.com
There's much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, family, friends and — even — music. Classical music WQXR-FM (105.9) reflects on songs we love this holiday with a "music we're grateful for" promotion. Listeners are invited to leave voice ...November 19, 2009
Left behind (2) - Arts Journal
Continuing what I started in my last post . 3, Recent history, art and music . Music. Atonal composers started dominating composition -- in prestige, grant-worthiness, faculty hiring, and, retrospectively, in the way classical music history has been ...November 20, 2009
Orchestra merges classical music, laptops - Utah Chronicle
Classical music can come from any instrument, even a computer, according to a band of laptop musicians here at the U. A team of alumni and students are working together to create a performance like none the U has ever seen. The orchestra consists of ...November 18, 2009
Classical music belongs to the people - The Guardian
That's a wee thumbnail of some of what I said, anyway. If you're interested, look out for a podcast of the whole lecture at the university's website soon. I also tried to explain how classical music comes to be seen as exclusive, expensive, and not ...November 18, 2009
About Classical Music with Bob Christiansen - Vermont Public Radio
A founding voice of Classical 24, Bob Christiansen has managed to combine his knowledge of classical music and history with a sharp wit and a talent for foreign languages into a 38-year radio career. While studying the ramifications of the "Time of ...November 19, 2009
10 questions on the state of classical music - OregonLive.com
Tracey Brown A good interview on changes in classical music by Tom Huizenga of NPR with Anne Midgette, classical music critic of the Washington Post. Huizenga asks Midgette to look back over the past 10 years and talk about box office trends, the ...November 18, 2009
Gary Panetta: Musician aims to reshape classical music in the U.S. - Observer-Dispatch
Talk to Mark O’Connor, fiddler extraordinaire and sometime collaborator with Yo Yo Ma, and you glimpse not only where music has been but where it’s going. And where it’s going seems to be a much more flexible, improvisatory, creative place ...November 16, 2009
BDF bands introduce classical music - Mmegi Online
SELEBI-PHIKWE: Botswana Defence Force (BDF) bands have introduced classical music to give their audience a chance to experience different music genre. Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, Major Philip Modise said they are now using a mass band unlike ...November 18, 2009