Posts Tagged Young People’s Concerts

Since I left the New York Philharmonic in February, I’ve done projects with several other orchestras that have got me thinking about the place of orchestral concerts for school audiences. The model has been around for so long that it’s tempting to question whether they are still relevant, useful, and affordable. Schools have increasing trouble with buses, let alone field trips in the era of high-stakes testing. I created and performed dozens of them at the Philharmonic, but have we simply been on auto-pilot? Surely we have evolved more impactful and practical ways of engaging kids in music in the 40-odd years of professional education staffs at orchestras.

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