How The Seattle Symphony Pulled In The Educated Transplants Flocking To The City

Using extensive market research and three new concert formats, the SSO identified, and pursued, NUCCs (new urban cultural consumers). Among the surprising things the orchestra found is that the new formats don’t serve as “on-ramps” to the main Masterworks series; they are separate products and brand extensions. Also, the audience for the one-hour 7 p.m. concerts is the one with the most conservative tastes.