Essential reading

December 13, 2010 by Greg Sandow

Some of the best — most thorough, most well-documented, most perceptive — writing I’ve seen on the future of classical music is in a three-part series from Kyle MacMillan, the fine arts critic of the Denver Post.

Full disclosure — Kyle and I agree on many things, and he interviewed me for the series. I’m quoted in the first part, which came out a week ago Sunday. The second part appeared yesterday, with the third one scheduled for next Sunday.

But leave my involvement out of it. Kyle’s writing speaks for itself. If you want one thing to read — or one thing to recommend — about the future of classical music, I’d say choose Kyle’s series, titled Classical Music: A Future in Doubt.

Here are links.

Part 1 — Relevance Lost.. Hanging by a string: Can classical music adapt?

Part 2 — A Classical Comeback? Classical music is going new places to lure new faces

And coming next Sunday:

Part 3 — A New Image. Can classical music be cool?

Comments

Richard Mitnick says

December 13, 2010 at 6:11 pm

I saw Part 2, courtesy of ArtsJournal, which picked it up. I did a post at MusicSprings about it. Nice article.
Jeff Prillaman says

December 14, 2010 at 6:55 pm

Completely agree. Even if some disagree.. The article lays out a perspective worth consideration. I hope it is widely read and stimulates exploration and creativity for local community engagement.

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