An Exciting New Program – And How Stations Might Use It
One of the biggest of the “big picture” questions that classical radio stations and performing arts organizations struggle to answer is how we make classical music more accessible to people that perceive it as old-fashioned, washed-up, and stodgy. One method is to focus on the music itself and try to make it easier to understand. Through “inside the score”-type interactive presentations before concerts, chamber music groups and orchestras have attempted to bridge the gulf of understanding between performers and audiences. Bill McGlaughlin’s radio program Exploring Music accomplishes this quite well, too, by … Continue Reading