In this episode, Conductors Jeremy Cuebas and Luke Lyons react to Tár, the award-winning 2022 film. Tár is the story of Lydia Tár, Music Director of the Berlin Phil, whose life starts to spiral out of control after a series of controversial revelations. In this PT Chat episode, Jeremy and Luke discuss the movie, their …
Classical Music Marketing has never been more important. And Ruth Hartt is an arts marketing genius! Join us in this episode to discuss how we can fix our concerts and our marketing to be more welcoming to the outsiders that we desperately need. Insider audiences are too small, and we don’t know how to attract …
How to fix your concerts and marketing, with Ruth Hartt Read More »
Building audience diversity is not about PR programs, Black History Month concerts, or playing diverse composers on a few programs. It’s about not reducing an entire population in our community to the color of their skin. Building audience diversity is about realizing that “diversity” is more nuanced. It’s about realizing that we connect by building …
How to Build Audience Diversity, with Jeri Lynne Johnson Read More »
Conductor Tiffany Chang has become a force to be reckoned with; a confident, vulnerable, and inspirational force to be reckoned with. In part 1 of our discussion with Tiffany, we talk about leadership as the idea of taking care of those within our care, and how we can support and empower the musicians that make …
3 Steps to be a Better Leader, with Tiffany Chang Read More »
Today we talk with David Taylor all about how we can attract new audiences, engage with them, and get our old audiences coming back. That all has to do with the experiences that we provide all around our concerts: before, after, and during. Podcast Interview with David Taylor Learn more about David at David-Taylor.org Find David’s first book …
6 Simple Tools to Engage and Build Classical Music Audiences, with David Taylor Read More »
We are joined by THE Aubrey Bergauer to talk about why classical musicians and organizations must make big changes to survive in our new world. We talk about the trends in the classical music industry, why we must redefine who we think of as our audiences, how to program for audience building and retention, and …
Why 90% of Classical Music Audiences never come back, with Aubrey Bergauer Read More »
Today we discuss: How Enrico came to specialize in pops and family programming (3:23) How Enrico structures a Pops season and how the Nashville Symphony competes with all the other music available in Nashville. (6:24) Enrico shares his process for creating family concerts and the goals behind them (18:07) How Symphonica productions is helping orchestras …
PT108: Programming for Pops and Family with Enrico Lopez-Yañez Read More »
Conductor George Marriner Maull and the Discovery Orchestra are teaching audiences to…Listen to Music! In a time when we tend to hear music in the background, we’ve lost (or never learned) the skill of listening to music. How many of your audience members are reading the program notes or lost in thoughts about green beans? …
PT107: Teaching Your Audience to Listen, with George Marriner Maull Read More »
This PT Mini Episode covers Score Study Basics. What it is, why we do it, and the simple two-step process to preparing your music. Let us know what you think of these mini episodes. What do you want to hear more of? What should we cover? Reach out on social media or through the contact page on …
Last week’s Pt Mini Episode discussed regularly checking up on how your conducting is doing and generating a list of things to work on. This week, we talk about how to actually fix your conducting in any situation. Let us know what you think of these mini episodes. What do you want to hear more …
