RE: Booking Concerts

[the Cheshire Cat <alanacat...>]

On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Adrian A. Durlester wrote:
> 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.
> 

Perhaps instead of the usual complaint ("This generation....")
you could try scheduling in places where people are interested in
classical music. Like near (or on) Universities. I understand that the U
of Maryland's concert series does quite well. Try being willing to live
with smaller venues. And take a note from people like Kronos Quartet - be
experimental.

Alana