The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
Interpretation
Orchestras must engage with communities to nurture future talent and audiences.
This quote emphasizes the changing role of orchestras beyond mere performance; they are now tasked with fostering a cultural connection with the community by educating and inspiring future generations of audiences and musicians. In the 21st century, it is vital for orchestras to evolve and ensure their relevance by actively participating in the development of cultural appreciation and music education.
In practice
Use this quote when discussing the importance of music education in schools.
In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.
An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.
There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
Purple Haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem the same. Actin' funny but I don't know why. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.
When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.
The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting its qualities in detail, hammering at it, putting it near flame, pouring different acids on it, and then finally you figure out what it is, or you just give up and mount it on a ring and have an awkward chunky piece of jewelry that seems weirdly dominating but that you for some reason like. I could be wrong about field geology here.
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