December 2010
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Best of the Web 12.31.10 - Happy New Year!
Here is this week’s “Best of the Web” on KillingClassicalMusic.com. It’s the last list for 2010. Each week, I bring you a collection of the best stories, links, videos, blog posts, etc. from around classical music’s corner of the world wide web. Below are some of the stories we’ve covered throughout the week and some others that are definitely ...
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Best of the Web 12.31.10 - Happy New Year!
Here is this week’s “Best of the Web” on KillingClassicalMusic.com. It’s the last list for 2010. Each week, I bring you a collection of the best stories, links, videos, blog posts, etc. from around classical music’s corner of the world wide web. Below are some of the stories we’ve covered throughout the week and some others that are definitely ...
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Classical music can drive intellectual expansion
Classical music can play an essential and leading role in our intellectual expansion. In fact, it is particularly well suited to do so. In its very nature lies opportunity for the past, present, and even future to coexist in ways that are impossible in other art forms and media. But the fact that classical music is a premier platform for such expansion does not mean it will always be ...
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"Drop the Needle" Winners for 12.29.10
The results are in! As always, thanks much to all of you who participated in this week’s “Drop the Needle” competition. This week, five participants got everything correct, including the name of the the piece which was the Overture to The Flying Dutchmanby Richard Wagner.
Here’s the whole thing for you to enjoy:
(If you don’t have a copy you can pick one up now at
.)
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Classical music can drive intellectual expansion
Classical music can play an essential and leading role in our intellectual expansion. In fact, it is particularly well suited to do so. In its very nature lies opportunity for the past, present, and even future to coexist in ways that are impossible in other art forms and media. But the fact that classical music is a premier platform for such expansion does not mean it will always be ...
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Taking Cues from Unconventional Sources
This is a guest post by Lawrence Abernathy. If you would like to submit an article for inclusion within the KillingClassicalMusic community, you are welcome to do so here.
Often we hear that the classical music industry needs to be taking steps to reinvent itself, to branch out and “engage the audience, embrace technology, take risks!” All of that is well and fine to proclaim, but...
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Taking Cues from Unconventional Sources
This is a guest post by Lawrence Abernathy. If you would like to submit an article for inclusion within the KillingClassicalMusic community, you are welcome to do so here.
Often we hear that the classical music industry needs to be taking steps to reinvent itself, to branch out and “engage the audience, embrace technology, take risks!” All of that is well and fine to proclaim, but...
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Question of the Week: Has the rise of social media...
The growth of online social networking has been huge. It is even believed to be on its way to becoming the cornerstone of all marketing by 2015.
So, with that in mind, has social media/networking and the connections grown there helped your career as a musician or arts professional in a tangible way? Alternatively, has it helped the organization you represent? Or, if you are an arts lover, has...
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Question of the Week: Has the rise of social media...
The growth of online social networking has been huge. It is even believed to be on its way to becoming the cornerstone if all marketing by 2015.
So, with that in mind, has social media/networking and the connections grown there helped your career as a musician or arts professional in a tangible way? Alternatively, has it helped the organization you represent? Or, if you are an arts lover, has...
kyledjohnson asked: Hey Grant,
Love your blog and twitter. Is there any way to reply/comment on your posts? I think you'd have a lot of people giving their 2 cents on many of the things you write, which is a good thing!
Thanks,
Kyle
Love your blog and twitter. Is there any way to reply/comment on your posts? I think you'd have a lot of people giving their 2 cents on many of the things you write, which is a good thing!
Thanks,
Kyle
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Dreams for the arts world...
While still recovering after the Christmas holiday, I wanted to share this article from last week. In it Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, shares his Christmas wish list for the performing arts world. It’s well worth reading in full, but I thought I’d pull out some key points for you to get you back in the mood of pumping up classical...
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Dreams for the arts world...
While still recovering after the Christmas holiday, I wanted to share this article from last week. In it Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, shares his Christmas wish list for the performing arts world. It’s well worth reading in full, but I thought I’d pull out some key points for you to get you back in the mood of pumping up classical...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: There Will Be...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the last: There Will Be Rest, by Frank Ticheli. This piece isn’t exactly a work for Christmas, but it does speak to and point toward the...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Ave Maria
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the seventh: Ave Maria, by Franz Biebl.
Here’s the text:
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: The Lamb
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the sixth: The Lamb, by John Tavener.
Here’s the text:
Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: A Spotless...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the fifth: A Spotless Rose, by Herbert Howells.
Here is the text:
A spotless Rose is blowing Sprung from a tender root, Of ancient...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Virga Jesse...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the fourth: Virga Jesse floruit, by Anton Bruckner.
Here’s the text:
Virga Jesse floruit Virgo Deum et hominem genuit Pacem Deus...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Es ist ein...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the third: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, by Michael Praetorius.
You can find the text and translation here.
Peace be with you today and...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: O Magnum...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the second: O Magnum Mysterium, by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Latin text:
O magnum mysterium,et admirabile sacramentum,ut animalia viderent...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: O Magnum...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the second: O Magnum Mysterium, by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Latin text:
O magnum mysterium,et admirabile sacramentum,ut animalia viderent Dominum...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Ave Maria
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the seventh: Ave Maria, by Franz Biebl.
Here’s the text:
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: The Lamb
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the sixth: The Lamb, by John Tavener.
Here’s the text:
Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: A Spotless...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the fifth: A Spotless Rose, by Herbert Howells.
Here is the text:
A spotless Rose is blowing Sprung from a tender root, Of ancient...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Virga Jesse...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the fourth: Virga Jesse floruit, by Anton Bruckner.
Here’s the text:
Virga Jesse floruit Virgo Deum et hominem genuit Pacem Deus...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: There Will Be...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the last: There Will Be Rest, by Frank Ticheli. This piece isn’t exactly a work for Christmas, but it does speak to and point toward the...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Es ist ein...
For Christmas today, I’m sharing some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the third: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, by Michael Praetorius.
You can find the text and translation here.
Peace be with you today...
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Christmastide & The Power of Music: Salvation Is...
For Christmas today, I’d like to share some pieces of music that relate to the season and demonstrate, I think, the ability of music to bridge the gap between us and the numinous, that which we sense but do not see, intuit but do not perceive.
Here is the first: Salvation is Created, by Pavel Chesnekov.
Here is the text:
Russian Script: Cпасение coдeлaл еси посреде земли, Боже....
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Musical Pairings: Classical Music & Swag
Over on The Collaborative Piano Blog, pianist Chris Foley has a post up in which he asks the following question(s):
So why aren’t classical musicians making a bigger effort to play in bars or clubs, as Toronto fashion designer Rosemarie Umetsu remarked a few days ago? Why are so few classical musicians encouraging people to take photos and videos of their shows? Are there interesting and...
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Musical Pairings: Classical Music & Swag
Over on The Collaborative Piano Blog, pianists Chris Foley has a post up in which he asks the following question(s):
So why aren’t classical musicians making a bigger effort to play in bars or clubs, as Toronto fashion designer Rosemarie Umetsu remarked a few days ago? Why are so few classical musicians encouraging people to take photos and videos of their shows? Are there interesting...
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"Drop the Needle" Winners for 12.22.10
Wow, this was probably the biggest “Drop the Needle” contest yet and the results are in! As always, thanks much to all of you who participated. This week, six participants got everything correct, including the name of the the piece which was the Piano Concerto No. 23 in A-major, 3nd Movementby Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Here’s a really cool video of the whole thing for you...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Perceiving Value in Classical Music
In a prior post I wrote about the difficulty people have in assigning value to to music and how that may inhibit their willingness to pay for it. Now I’d like to share an additional layer of psychological difficulty to this problem.
The video below from behavioral economist Dan Ariely discusses how it’s not just the utility of a product or service that goes into our calculations of...
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Perceiving Value in Classical Music
In a prior post I wrote about the difficulty people have in assigning value to to music and how that may inhibit their willingness to pay for it. Now I’d like to share an additional layer of psychological difficulty to this problem.
The video below from behavioral economist Dan Ariely discusses how it’s not just the utility of a product or service that goes into our calculations of...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Welcome to KillingClassicalMusic.com’s “Drop the...
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Music for Peace: Not a panacea, not a problem
In the Independent last week, music writer Jessica Duchen offered up a piece in which she bemoans orchestras and other ensembles that do what little they can to promote peace. All this peace business coming from performers, she says, is meaningless at best; while at worst it is actually quite insidious. There is a fair amount in her piece with which I agree, but what lies at the heart of it is,...
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Arts Marketing: Embrace the future by being a part...
In light of the last week’s two posts on the failure of the Honolulu Symphony (here & here), I thought it wold be good to share this video of Seth Godin. In it he talks about entrepreneurship in today’s environment and what leaders need to do to be successful. While he talks in the context of more typical businesses, there is no reason the message shouldn’t resonate with...
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Arts Marketing: Embrace the future by being a part...
In light of the last week’s two posts on the failure of the Honolulu Symphony (here & here), I thought it wold be good to share this video of Seth Godin. In it he talks about entrepreneurship in today’s environment and what leaders need to do to be successful. While he talks in the context of more typical businesses, there is no reason the message shouldn’t resonate with...
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Best of the Web 12.17.10
Here is this week’s “Best of the Web” on KillingClassicalMusic.com. Each week, I bring you a collection of the best stories, links, videos, blog posts, etc. from around classical music’s corner of the world wide web. Below are some of the stories we’ve covered throughout the week and some others that are definitely worth taking a look at. ...
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Know Your Audience, Avoid Bankruptcy, ctd.
In a previous post, I pointed out the apparent failure of the Honolulu Symphony to connect to its community and the negative effect that had on its viability as an organization. Understanding of constituencies, etc. is certainly important for any arts organizations, but based on some other reporting, it appears the Honolulu Symphony may have had an additional - and related - problem. What was...
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Musical Pairings: A Harry Potter Tone Poem?
It remains common today for composers of art music (“classical,” of course, is the wrong term), to have high minded ideas about what does and does not constitute serious music. They often suggest that music is enough on its own, that it needs no supplemental material or background, and that to believe otherwise is to brand oneself a musical philistine. There are those, however, that...
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"Drop the Needle" Winners for 12.15.10
The results are in! As always, thanks much to all of you who participated in this week’s “Drop the Needle” competition. This week, four participants got everything correct, including the name of the the piece which was the Concerto fo Orchestra, 2nd Movement by Béla Bartók.
Here’s the whole thing for you to enjoy:
(If you don’t have a copy, you can pick one up at
.)
The...
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Know Your Audience, Avoid Bankruptcy, ctd.
In a previous post, I pointed out the apparent failure of the Honolulu Symphony to connect to its community and the negative effect that had on its viability as an organization. Understanding of constituencies, etc. is certainly important for any arts organizations, but based on some other reporting, it appears the Honolulu Symphony may have had an additional - and related - problem. What was...