What Music Can Build – What Ticket Sales Can’t Tell Us
What does an orchestra contribute to its community beyond concerts and ticket income? This essay considers shared music-making, encounters with children and sustained cultural participation from a musician’s perspective.
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The argument starts with the shared presence of listeners and performers in a live concert. Alongside audience figures, access, personal encounters and the conditions for sustained activity belong in any assessment of an orchestra’s contribution.
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