“Blasting through stereotypical images of the starving artist, these top studio, symphonic and theater musicians explore multiple passions without compromising their musical integrity. In doing so, they also hedge their bets against the economic downturn that is eroding arts budgets and threatening employment.”
Tag: 01.11.09
Is TV Industry Rethinking Its Obsession With Younger Viewers?
“There’s a growing sense in the industry that the 18-to-49 category’s importance to marketers may be wildly overblown. Moreover, in an age of DVRs, multichannel systems and increasingly tiny ratings, the demo obsession may itself be pushing down ratings, exacerbating the industry’s problems and excluding from consideration too many programs that could have broad appeal.”
Ballet BC Creditors Take A Note On The Future. Company Lives
“Against a debt of around $400,000, Ballet BC was able to offer $255,000, which worked out to each proven creditor receiving $500 plus 25 cents on the dollar for the remainder they’re owed. The outcome means that the company’s dancers will be back in the studio on Monday morning.”
Julian Kuerti – Young Conductor From Canadian Musical Royalty
“Often, as a younger conductor, the more you speak and rehearse, the more you lose credibility. The players start getting bored, they stop listening, and maybe they decide to test you. I had only one rehearsal with overtime, we basically read everything through once, and I didn’t get to say much. So there wasn’t really a chance for me to dig myself into a hole.
Why Art Desperately Needs This Recession
“What is absolutely certain is that this recession has come in the nick of time, and that we should welcome it with open arms. The art world has spent a decade and a half metamorphosing into something ugly and worthless. That process has been halted. There is hope.”
Rethinking Massachusetts’ Danforth Museum of Art
“Museum directors tend to voice only hedged opinions about art. Their positions put them at risk of offending too many people. Katherine French, by contrast, is unusually forthright. She has opinions, she has passions, and she is excited to share them.”
How Sadler’s Wells Became Dance’s Most Important Venue
When Alistair Spalding “took over in 2004, the theater was in debt, and its programming had suffered from years of changing and shaky direction. Mr. Spalding has turned matters around by taking risks, trusting his instincts and continually supporting and producing new work. This approach, the antithesis of the market-research-driven philosophy that motivates most American theaters, has met with both financial and popular success.”
Qatar Makes Ambitious Bid To Be Cultural Capital
“Housing one of the world’s most encyclopedic collections of Islamic art, it is the cornerstone of a monumental effort by Qatar to transform itself into the arts hub of the Middle East.”