Monthly Archives: December 2014

Classical music in bars

An article by Julia Lurie presents the initiative “Classical Revolution” that offers informal concerts of chamber music in bars in the United States, Canada and Europe. The objective of this […]

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Art Audiences: problems and solutions

An article by James McQuaid for The Guardian highlights some issues about art audiences. He takes the example of the store Ikea that sells disassembled furniture to make the transport […]

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L’enjeu des communautés en sociomusicologie : Le cas du projet de recherche sur le Développement des publics de la musique au Québec

[Paper in French] The basis of this article arises from the project “Development of Music Audiences in Quebec” (DMAQ), developed by the sociomusicology research team at the Observatoire interdisciplinaire de […]

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Le rôle de la programmation dans le développement de la musique : Le cas du festival international Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques

Le rôle de la programmation dans le développement de la musique : Le cas du festival international Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques

The English version of this site is currently under construction Du 21 février au 3 mars 2013 avait lieu la 6e édition du Festival international Montréal / Nouvelles Musiques sur le thème de […]

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10 Graphs To Explain The Metropolitan Opera

The composer Suby Raman analyzed one century (1910-2010) of opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, studying around 24,000 performances in total. He summarizes the main results of his study in […]

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Orchestras in social media

Do American orchestras use social media differently from European orchestras? Do they engage audiences more? Do the numbers of followers or ‘likes’ on their Facebook and Twitter pages give an […]

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Orchestra for the whole family

During the regular season, the orchestra Philharmonie de Paris organizes targeted activities for children and their parents. Programming includes interactive concerts, music workshops, exhibitions and walking-concerts. http://www.philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/enfants-jeunes-et-familles-0  Which similar activities […]

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The OSQ is facing financial difficulties

Faced with an accumulated deficit of $ 1.9 million, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra (OSQ) wants to make its season more attractive to new audiences. Watch a report on this subject […]

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Are Classical concerts old-fashioned?

The Swiss conductor Baldur Brönnimann has made a list of ten things that we should change about classical music concerts to revitalize audiences. Which ten points would you put in […]

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Who are the composers most played by US orchestras?

Ricky O’Bannon of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has collected data to produce an infographic that gives an illustrated overview of 21 major orchestras of the United States. The infographic reveals […]

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