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Classical music: A reader urges others to donate ticket refunds to support the arts. What do you think?
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ALERT: The Wisconsin Chamber Choir has canceled its upcoming concert, “Music She Wrote,” on April 18.
By Jacob Stockinger
A reader — who prefers to remain anonymous but who has been deeply involved in the Madison arts scene for a long time — recently wrote:
“I’d like to suggest an angle for your column: Encourage subscribers to the various arts organizations and single ticket holders who can afford it NOT to ask for a refund on their upcoming cancelled concerts, if or when they are offered that option.
“I subscribe — on my own or as part of others’ subscriptions — to the Madison Symphony Orchestra (below, in photo by Peter Rodgers), the Madison Opera, the Broadway musicals at the Overture Center, Forward Theater, and the Wisconsin Union Theater’s Concert series. (I also buy a lot of single tickets to chamber music concerts by the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society and to American Players Theatre in Spring Green.)
“As all those arts organizations cancel their concerts and plays, they still have costs. Forward Theater, for instance, is paying the full contract of all the people who were involved with the production of “The Amateurs.” And I’m glad they are.
“Personally, I will not be asking for a refund on any of the tickets I long ago purchased. I want the arts to stay healthy in Madison, and not asking for a refund is a small gesture in trying to make sure they are able to move forward.” (At bottom is the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, which just announced its summer schedule from June 7 to June 28 and has not cancelled anything. Go to: https://bachdancing.org)
“You reach a lot of people and you could plant a lot of powerful seeds by making this the topic of a column.”
If you are a member of a performing arts group, what do you think?
If you are a ticket holder, what do you think?
The Ear wants to hear.
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Classical music: Two performances of a FREE family concert for young children of “Beethoven Lives Next Door” take place this Saturday morning at the Goodman Community Center
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By Jacob Stockinger
This Saturday, young children and their families can experience the world of classical music through the eyes and ears of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Beethoven will be portrayed by Whitney Derendinger (below) of the UW-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama.
Two performances of the FREE concert will combine music, storytelling and learning for the whole family as Beethoven and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, with help from students from the University of Wisconsin’s Mead Witter School of Music, bring to life the compositional journey of the infamous theme and first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – heard in the YouTube video at the bottom that has more than 53 million views — which closed the WCO season last weekend.
Here are the details:
WHERE: Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa Street, on Madison’s east side
WHEN: Saturday, May 19, 2018
CONCERT 1
9:00 a.m. | Preconcert Activities
9:30 a.m. | Performance #1 (40 minutes)
CLICK HERE to get tickets to Concert 1
CONCERT 2
10:45 a.m. | Preconcert Activities
11:15 a.m. | Performance #2 (40 minutes)
CLICK HERE to get tickets to Concert 2
The WCO’s Family Community Concert Series is a new, free-of-charge but ticketed educational program for children ages 4-10 and their families.
A unique format will encourage audience members of all ages to interact with classical music and each other like they never have before and serve as a new way for parents to introduce their children to classical music.
WCO will use music to inspire connections within families and communities and to foster a love for music that spans generations.
Families can also help prepare children for the experience. For more information and a preparatory study guide, go to:
https://wisconsinchamberorchestra.org/education/wco-connect-family-concerts/concert-experience
The event is sponsored by CUNA Mutual and Findorff Construction.
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