Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2019-09-28 01:15
Fernie (et al),
This isn't unique to classical music. In early/trad/dixie jazz venues, the same is true. For a couple hundred US dollars, a person can attend a three-day "jazz fest" where the toughest decision a person has to make is which groups they want to hear and which ones they'll have to miss.
A great bargain, right? Yes, unless you're a kid...or unless you've never been exposed to the music before. In those cases, why would you plop down a couple hundred dollars?
The other place you hear early/trad/dixie jazz is in bars. Again - how are kids supposed to be exposed to it?
For early jazz, kids have a tough time finding a live outlet, but at least YouTube is here (the good and the bad).
In my region of the country many of the courthouses and parks still have old band/ceremony elevated gazebos. I always long for the chance to actually hear music played in them again.
Our community does have free outdoor community concerts during the summer which are classical in nature and are well-attended. It's great for audiences, but not so great for the musicians (I think it paid $6 per rehearsal/concert when I last performed in it...which was an increase of $6 per rehearsal/concert in prior years!)
Still, exposing kids to the music where they can experience it live, and where they can afford to go seems to be helpful. Movies/video games/etc. can help too. (For instance, the swing era found new fans from the Fallout 3 game).
I don't usually watch movies made after 1947 or so...do modern movies still feature classical sound tracks?
Fuzzy
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