The state of things

stradmom
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:46:55 +0000

I also saw this article and decided it was more evidence of a trend that’s been emerging for a while now. In today’s paper, there was an article about making movies more interactive – having singalongs, encouraging people to bring their pets – and it made me wonder what the parallel in classical music will be. Certainly, summer festivals like Tanglewood where people are encouraged to sit on the lawn, picnic and even chat during performances have continued to have strong interest…are we moving to an era where people’s attention spans are too short to sit through an entire symphony without other simultaneous entertainment?