Classical Music For All – New York New York

In the article “Carnegie Hall to Offer Live Webcasts of Four Concerts” by Michael Cooper it is brought to the readers attention that Carnegie hall will begin to live stream concerts. This is an important breakthrough for many reasons. Hopefully, it will lead to a resurgence in interest in classical music. It will also allow people who can not afford it the opportunity to see concerts and for the avid fans, it will allow them to see the concerts more often.

It is fantastic to see more places that are now embracing technology such as the “Talking Statues” project blogged about earlier. Opening art more to technology will expand interest and will lead to tremendous growth in the arts. This is important because in all fields it is important to change with technology. Without changing, a field can become obsolete so it is important to embrace these new ideas. Art is doing a great job of changing with the times in order to keep immense relevance.

Carnegie Hall offering streams of the concerts for the first time is an important step, and Im sure that the use of streams will continue to expand. It will be great for people to have access to content that they previously have not had, and to be able to watch the concerts at any time. It will be great to continue to see art become more accessible due to the use and growth of technology.

anandpoonai says:

October 7, 2014 at 3:41 pm

Today, we live in a society that is constantly centering around technological advancement. I really think its cool how the classical Carnegie Hall is contemplating the idea of streaming live music during a performance. Not many people can afford tickets or have time to go see shows at Carnegie Hall, so it gives them an equal advantage to enjoy the music. Your connection to the Talking Statues post was really interesting and I agree that the synergy of art and technological advancement is ingenious. Personally, I’m not a major fan of classical music, but I do find it very interesting that streaming live music from the historically popular Carnegie Hall is pretty innovational.

krystalau says:

October 7, 2014 at 6:50 pm

I think it is really awesome that Carnegie Hall will begin to live stream their concerts. In the 21st century, a majority of our lives involves technology and technology has been expanding rapidly within these last few decade. I think it is really cool how art is incorporating more technology into their projects like the Talking Statues. I believe it will attract the younger generations and bring back classical music. I think this is a great way for everyone to get a chance to listen to live classical music. Concert tickets are very expensive these days and not everyone can afford it, or have the time to go there. I am excited and cannot wait until they post their first live stream concert.

michalsudo says:

October 15, 2014 at 1:48 pm

You compared this to the article that discussed expansion of interest in art through creating talking statues, while I agree with the fact that this is an attempt at arousing the interest of classical music I think that a better article to compare this to is the article about Netflix featuring a movie on the same date of the movie’s release. This is another instance in which there is change from media from the traditional physical setting to the virtual setting, a change will allow more people to access the media by removing many obstacles that proved to be a barrier for many. It’s great that classical music is being revived but with the introduction of concert streaming the popularity of going to physically see the concert might decrease. We live in an age where the technological advancements are so quick at eliminating inconveniences, but sometimes these inconveniences add to the experience and pleasure.