Category: music

The orchestra now says it’s on a better financial footing, with a better repayment plan for the hall it almost lost – but it might not have much remaining in reserve.

“The industry’s very raison d’être — the nitpicky pursuit of superb sound reproduction, no matter the cost or complexity — is irrelevant to many music listeners today.”

“According to this analysis, people unconsciously grasp for the sense of meaning the odd sounds fail to provide–and often find it by affirming their allegiance to their own social group.”

“But when their son gets married, who will sing? British cathedrals today face mounting challenges recruiting lay-clerks, the men of the choir.”

“Who on Earth would write, almost daily, these 1,000-word overviews of composers and music that most of the general population has never heard of and probably don’t care to know about?”

“Musicians can’t simply rail that streaming services should pay higher fees. They must also explain how to create a more rational system of payments to ensure they receive those higher fees in the first place.”

“According to ScoreStreet’s CEO Marc D. Ostrow (himself a composer as well as an intellectual property rights attorney who was formerly a senior attorney with BMI and the general manager of the New York office of the publisher Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.), the goal behind creating such a platform for new music is to eliminate the gate-keepers and put composers and consumers directly in control.”

After a heavily publicized – and bumpy – start to her tenure, Alsop has helped increase both attendance and contributions, lunched new education and community outreach programs, and reinvigorated the orchestra’s programming and recording projects.