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Let’s trust our supporters
I’m amazed, truly amazed, at some of the pushback my recent posts have gotten. And maybe what amazes me most is the idea that we’re going to hurt orchestras — and all of classical music — by talking...
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Classical music is easy
Many of us think classical music is difficult, inherently difficult. That complexities of form and musical process aren’t readily heard, without education in classical music, and that this is why...
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A wild time
It’s a wild time for classical music. That’s the headline on my home page. And it’s the opening sentence of the revised and final version of my book. Why is this a wild time? First because of the...
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The great change
In my last post, I said that classical music needs a huge change. And the change will have to be radical. Classical music needs to lose its sense of entitlement, the belief many of us in the classical...
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Building a young audience (first post)
So how do we build a young audience? Of course I need to offer ideas, first because I’ve said (and here, too) that building a young audience should be the highest priority for classical music. And,...
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Playing more vividly, for the new audience
At last I’ve gotten to the last part of my long disquisition — which was longer than I meant it to be, and maybe longer than it should have been. Loyal readers will remember I said that the highest...
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What we have to do
Now it’s time to return to the main business of this blog, which of course is the future of classical music. And also to return to something I stressed before my vacation, which is that the main...
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(Il)literacy
Here’s a question I was asked: Will technology raise the level of musical literacy? This came up in a panel discussion, during my visit last week to the University of Missouri. And as I considered the...
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Fail
Even while classical music changes — see my last post — it keeps showing why it needs to change. Case in point: the cover of a CD that came in the mail: Ugly! And completely unconvincing, if we’re...
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From Lara Downes: Here at the Exiles’ Cafe
[From Greg: I'm happy to introduce the first of our guest bloggers. Lara Downes seemed like a perfect choice, because she'd already emailed me about some classical CD covers she likes, and because the...
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Music theory for a new century
So now — continuing about changes in the conservatory curriculum — some thoughts about how to teach music history and theory. And remember that I’m offering free consulting sessions to anyone who’d...
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