“Pick any city, look at its newspaper, and you’ll find attention to classical music diminished to the basic minimum. It will focus on the ‘big ticket’ events — which, in the Bay Area, means the San Francisco Symphony, Opera, and Ballet, plus the most celebrated visiting artists. As is well-known to any person interested in classical music, such coverage just skims the surface. Who’s responsible? Newspaper publishers and their editors who have a hand in setting policy and then executing it. What to do about this downgrading of classical coverage?”