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This user is a participant in WikiProject Classical music.

Overview

Hi! I am a Masters in Dalcroze Eurhythmics student at Longy School of Music where I am participating in a class known as "The Future of Classical Music." We are currently endeavoring to create a Wikipedia page on this subject, and a list of participants can be found on our central page. This project is just getting off the ground, so check back frequently for new updates as the year progresses!

The Future of Classical Music

The future of classical music is a difficult topic to pin down. How do you put your finger on something that is as intangible or ethereal as music? Not to mention a specific substratum, classical, that has as many differing opinions and convictions as it does participants! While we may not come to an overall consensus, I think we can at least make a case for how we got where we are (of course, that means we have to determine where we are!) and some possible places that that course may take us: "Classical music is always being accused of being 'stuck in the past' and 'irrelevant'. And yet the most striking and obvious fact about classical music is its colossal dynamism. It looks back, the better to leap forwards" (Hewett).

Topics

The possible subjects to research regarding the future of classical music are seemingly endless. This is just a rough outline that I'll keep expanding as I go. There are many ways this could be set up. It is rather problematic because so many of the topics are intertwined; a history of each of the other topics could be given; technology could go in every other topic; performer/audience relations should be addressed where? The problems are endless, so feel free to add your own contributions - this is definitely a work in progress!

I have started looking around wikipedia to see what is already available on some of these topics, thus you'll see the internal links in the outline. At least two of the articles, "Tonality" and "Music Education", have issues that wikipedia has flagged. Check those out, but also take a peek at the talk pages of any of the others. I haven't looked too in-depth yet, but what I've seen has been rather illuminating!


Relevant Articles

I will add articles that are relevant to various topics in the outline above. Keep checking back for updates, and feel free to add your own.

Performance

"Ears Wide Open" (Boston Globe. Oct 28, 2007). "Gil Rose had the vision to start an orchestra - though not of the typical variety. As he saw it, too much of the classical music world had become an empty cult of virtuosity, a museum culture enshrining the past and content to endlessly cycle through the same small body of works."

Music Education - School Age, Public, Technology

SmartMusic: a computer program designed to help kids practice.
1. A 5-minute NPR "All Things Considered" segment. Hear what the kids have to say as well as teachers, for and against SmartMusic.
2. "Boston Globe" (Oct 11, 2007) article for more information on SmartMusic.

Science

Music Therapy
"The Power of Music" (Boston Globe. Oct 29, 2007). The health/recovery effects of music, both listening and composing.
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