Classical Music – Getting The Lowdown On Cool

David Patrick Stearns wonders about all these attempts to make classical music cool. As if it isn’t already. So maybe watering it down, or sexing it up exposes more people to the art. But does it really? And besides, doesn’t art reward those who make efforts to get close to it (rather than the other way aound)? “So if the latest wave of classical crossovers isn’t making us cool, what is it doing, besides attempting to make money?”