Reply To: Will Classical Music Come Back in Style?

I don’t think we are likely to ever again see urban hipsters walking down 13th Avenue with a boombox on their shoulder blaring out Eine Kleine Nachtmusik……the cacophony of hip hop and rap seems to have become embedded within the urban fabric of the U.S. When you travel “in the country” you will hear a dozen variations of the same melody with variations of the lyrics about ‘my girlfriend ran off with another man and stole our only tractor”. I wish classical music would return but don’t hold your breath. In Baltimore, recently, the famed Baltimore Symphony cancelled its summer season and may have to shut down permanently as attendance at the Myerhoff has been declining year after year. Other traditional symphonic ensembles throughout the U.S. are also dismantling as an aging population with hearing aids is simply not showing up.