“Interest in the technology is outpacing actual VR music products, however, and few virtual reality performances have been released.”
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What Makes A Local Orchestra Local?
Civic pride – the pleasure of saying, “This beautiful thing is ours” – is a powerful force in maintaining any expensive performing-arts institution. But anyone who thinks an orchestra’s leadership and membership should be exclusively planted in their community is living in the last century.
Only In Portland: A Food Truck For Opera
“At each stop, the cart – actually a converted truck that carries a foldout stage as well as set pieces – offers a ‘menu’ of arias, duets and ensemble pieces. When a selection is ‘ordered,’ a cast of three singers and a pianist gives a short performance.” And what is Portland Opera calling this venture? We’re afraid so: “Opera à la Cart”.
Moving From Stage Crew To On Stage At Tanglewood
“His story is partly about persistence and partly about the hypercompetitive world of classical music, where conservatories produce far more talented players each year than there are spots for at top festivals or orchestras.”
The People Who Decide What We Listen To
“For a while we thought we could choose our own music. Remember that? In the wake of the last century we seized the right to take our pick from all of the songs in the world (All of the songs in the world!) and told anyone who didn’t like it exactly where they could go. And when it turned out that was too many songs after all (how many lifetimes are needed for a complete survey of Memphis soul? Or Brazilian funk?), a new category of music services appeared to ease our burden.”
What This Composer Did After Writing An ‘Instant Classic’ Opera
“I imagined the sound of a countertenor rotating within polyphony sung by a female chorus — that was the starting point for the score. … The poetry I chose abounds in imagery of stars and moonlight, and I wanted to try to capture a silvery tone for the whole piece.”
The Pavarotti Family Tells The Trump Campaign To Stop Using The Opera Singer’s Voice
“Pavarotti’s widow, Nicoletta Mantovani Pavarotti, and three daughters issued a statement this week calling on the campaign to stop using his music, saying that ‘the values of brotherhood and solidarity which Luciano Pavarotti expressed throughout the course of his artistic career are entirely incompatible with the worldview offered by the candidate Donald Trump.'”
The Cleveland Orchestra And Museum Announce A Forever Residency
“We’ve been having all these community meetings, and it’s been great. There won’t be one net result. We’re going to be partners forever.”
Study: Music Can Change Listeners’ Behavior
“Songs that deal with social topics seem to have an impact on our cognition and behavior,” the University of Wuerzburg’s Nicolas Ruth writes in the journal Psychology of Music. “Musicians espousing such messages would be pleased to know that their music has a real — if small — effect on people’s behavior.”
Looking For “Great” Composers Of Our Age? The Idea Of Greatness Might Not Work
“Fixed and hierarchical ideas of ‘greatness’ feel off-kilter with the times, even socially divisive in their narrow view of what greatness is and how it manifests itself not only musically, but also culturally and demographically.”