RE: Booking Concerts

[Adrian A. Durlester <durleste...>]

On Tuesday, October 21, 1997 8:26, Dan Kazez [SMTP:KAZEZ (at) 
Wittenberg(dot)EDU] wrote:

> Frankly, I find booking concerts in the U.S. to be much
> harder than Europe.  Anyone have any suggestions?

Yes. Get music programs and music appreciation back into the curriculum of our 
schools. Require all radio stations to devote some air time each day to 
classical music as part of their license requirement. Quit complaining when 
people wear nose rings, dirty jeans and pink and green hair to concerts. Accept 
the reality that this decade is not the time to try something new musically. 
It's not prostitution to stick with the old tried and true.

Maybe in a generation or so we'll have developed a new audience.

As a lover of classical music, I like to book classical musicians into the 
venues I manage. As a prudent venue manager, I realize that they simply don't 
draw anymore and I can't afford to book them (both for lack of audience and 
because they all ask too much nowadays.) Certainly not in smaller communities 
like this one. I can only afford to bring in classical musicians when I have 
underwriting or grants, because I know I will incur a loss. It's sad, but true.

Adrian

Adrian A. Durlester  -  durleste (at) plains(dot)nodak(dot)edu
Production Manager, Festival Concert Hall, North Dakota State University
Director of Music, Temple Beth El, Fargo ND
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