One of the Futures for Classical (and Other) Musics?

[paul secor]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/arts/music/groupmuse-first-classical-music-concert-in-my-living-room-zaffre-quartet.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic&action=click&contentCollection=music&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

[JSngry]

They've had something like that going on here for a few years now, public chamber music concerts in private homes...I might like it, but I've been in some of those homes playing wedding receptions and such. for the time being, no thanks.

[JSngry]

Yeah, this here: http://bluecandlelight.org/

[A Lark Ascending]

This is the way to do it:

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a pub. 

I'm not sure performing it in a private house (or 'salon') is going to do much more than feed its existing audience. 

[JSngry]

Outside of classical....My son is a fan of Emery, and apparently they do living room concerts, office suite concerts, any number of small, intimate venues, as well as club dates. I heard a recording of one of their smaller venue performances, and it was great. No need for sonic overkill, and no distance between band and audience. Seems like a workable concept economically and a winning one esthetically.

Not sure if expanding the audience is nearly as important as creating a more direct experience for whatever audience is there. I can tell you that 50 people who are deep into it is more rewarding to perform for than 500 (or 5000) who are just sorta there, out "there". 50 people who are reached deeply can move a lot of...whatever is moved in terms of audience.

[kh1958]

22 hours ago, JSngry said:

Yeah, this here: http://bluecandlelight.org/

Interesting, I did not know that sort of thing existed in Dallas.

[JSngry]

Pretty much everything exists in or around Dallas, trust me. It's just a question of how hard it is to find and how hard you want to work to get there after you find it. Sometimes it's down to one or two cats (or one dog and two cats) in their mom's den or something, but they're there.

But more seriously..the Blue Candlelight thing seems to be yet another case of somebody coming to town and making something happening that wasn't happening before: https://bayakakouberi.musicteachershelper.com/bio

This is a town where we basically wait for shit to come to us, and then when it doesn't, we wonder why. And then, when people do try to get something going, they're up against some pretty daunting home-grown obstacles, some real-world, some just silly. So anybody like this lady who has a plan and the sense to get it going and the hustle to keep it going and not making it all about just herself, hey, more power to her. 15 years!