Classical Music

Michael Beckerman, Paul Boghossian

Description

This kaleidoscopic collection reflects on the multifaceted world of classical music as it advances through the twenty-first century. With insights drawn from leading composers, performers, academics, journalists, and arts administrators, special focus is placed on classical music’s defining traditions, challenges and contemporary scope. Innovative in structure and approach, the volume comprises two parts. The first provides detailed analyses of issues central to classical music in the present day, including diversity, governance, the identity and perception of classical music, and the challenges facing the achievement of financial stability in non-profit arts organizations. The second part offers case studies, from Miami to Seoul, of the innovative ways in which some arts organizations have responded to the challenges analyzed in the first part. Introductory material, as well as several of the essays, provide some preliminary thoughts about the impact of the crisis year 2020 on the world of classical music.



Classical Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges will be a valuable and engaging resource for all readers interested in the development of the arts and classical music, especially academics, arts administrators and organizers, and classical music practitioners and audiences.

 

Sujets

• 21st century
• Classical music
• Governance
• Academia
• Case study
• Journalist
• Musician
• Lists of composers
• Diversity
• Identity
• Performers
• Challenges
• Perception

Informations

• Publié par: Open Book Publishers
• Date de parution: 30 mars 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• EAN13: 9781800641167
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

Classical Music
Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges
Edited by Michael Beckerman and Paul Boghossian





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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
viii
Author Biographies
xii
Preface
Paul Boghossian
xxvi
Introduction
Michael Beckerman
xxxiv
PART I
1.
The Enduring Value of Classical Music in the Western Tradition
Ellen T. Harris and Michael Beckerman
1
2.
The Live Concert Experience: Its Nature and Value
Christopher Peacocke and Kit Fine
7
3.
Education and Classical Music
Michael Beckerman, Ara Guzelimian, Ellen T. Harris, and Jenny Judge
15
4.
Music Education and Child Development
Assal Habibi, Hanna Damasio, and Antonio Damasio
29
5.
A Report on New Music
Alex Ross
39
6.
The Evolving Role of Music Journalism
Zachary Woolfe and Alex Ross
47
7.
The Serious Business of the Arts: Good Governance in Twenty-First-Century America
Deborah Borda
55
8.
Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and Unanswered Questions (Executive Summary)
Francie Ostrower and Thad Calabrese
63
9.
Are Labor and Management (Finally) Working Together to Save the Day? The COVID-19 Crisis in Orchestras
Matthew VanBesien
75
10.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Injustice in the Classical Music Professions: A Call to Action
Susan Feder and Anthony McGill
87
11.
The Interface between Classical Music and Technology
Laurent Bayle and Catherine Provenzano
103
PART II
12.
Expanding Audiences in Miami: The New World Symphony’s New Audiences Initiative
Howard Herring and Craig Hall
121
13.
Attracting New Audiences at the BBC
Tom Service
143
14.
Contemporary Classical Music: A Komodo Dragon? New Opportunities Exemplified by a Concert Series in South Korea
Unsuk Chin and Maris Gothoni
157
15.
The Philharmonie de Paris, the Démos Project, and New Directions in Classical Music
Laurent Bayle
177
16.
What Classical Music Can Learn from the Plastic Arts
Olivier Berggruen
183
Index
191

List of Illustrations
Chapter 4
Fig. 1
Aerial view of the brain from the top depicting white matter pathways connecting the left and the right hemisphere. Image from data collected as part of ongoing study at the Brain and Creativity Institute (2012–2020); post-processed by Dr. Hanna Damasio (2020), CC-BY-NC-ND.
34
Chapter 10
Fig. 1 
African American and Latinx representation in higher education music programs. Data drawn from National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) 2015-16 Heads Report. © NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study. CC-BY-NC-ND.
95
Fig. 2 
BIPOC musicians in community music schools. Data drawn from US Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey; National Guild for Community Arts Education Racial/Ethnic Percentages of Students Within Membership Organizations. © NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study. CC-BY-NC-ND.
95
Chapter 12
Fig. 1
New World Symphony’s performance and research cycle for audience acquisition and engagement. Graphic by Howard Herring and Craig Hall (2012), © 2012, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved.
125
Fig. 2
Jamie Bernstein narrates during an Encounters concert performed by the New World Symphony orchestra at the New World Center. This video as well as the graphics and animations featured as performance elements within the video were created in the Knight New Media Center at the New World Center campus in Miami Beach, FL. Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining classical music in the digital age. © 2020, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved. Duration: 1:35.
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Fig. 3
NWS Fellow, Grace An, gives an introduction during a Mini-Concert (2012). New World Center, Miami Beach, FL. Photo courtesy of New World Symphony. © 2012, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Fig. 4
NWS Conducting Fellow, Joshua Gersen, leads Pulse—Late Night at the New World Symphony . Photo by Rui Dias-Aidos (2013), New World Center, Miami Beach, FL. © 2013, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved.
129
Fig. 5
The chart indicates the variety of activities in which audiences engage throughout Pulse—Late Night at the New World Symphony . Research and results compiled by WolfBrown in partnership with New World Symphony. © WolfBrown dashboard, www.intrinsicimpact.org . All rights reserved.
130
Fig. 6
Luke Kritzeck, Director of Lighting at NWS, describes the technical production and audience experience of Pulse—Late Night at the New World Symphony . The video, as well as the video projections and lighting treatments featured within this video, were created in the Knight New Media Center. Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining classical music in the digital age. © 2020, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved. Duration: 1:49.
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Fig. 7
WALLCAST ® concert outside the New World Center. WALLCAST ® concerts are produced in the Knight New Media Center at the New World Center campus. Photo by Rui Dias-Aidos (2013), New World Center and SoundScape Park, Miami Beach, FL. © 2013, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Fig. 8
Clyde Scott, Director of Video Production at NWS, gives an overview of aspects of a WALLCAST ® concert. This video as well as the WALLCAST ® production featured in this video were produced in the Knight New Media Center. Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining classical music in the digital age. © 2020, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved. Duration: 2:49.
133
Fig. 9
Percent of first-time attendees by concert format at New World Symphony. Graphic by Craig Hall (2015). © 2015, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved.
133
Fig. 10
First-time attendees to alternate performance formats at NWS return at a higher rate than first-time attendees to traditional concerts at NWS. Graphic by Craig Hall (2018). © 2018, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Fig. 11
Blake-Anthony Johnson, NWS Cello Fellow, introduces the symphony’s performance of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun drawing on his personal experience with the music to contextualize the piece for the audience. Video created in the Knight New Media Center. Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining classical music in the digital age. © 2020, New World Symphony, Inc. All rights reserved. Duration: 15:15.
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Fig. 12
Project artists, contributors, and NWS staff members describe Project 305 and the culmination of the project in Ted Hearne an