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Main Menu Home About Us Contact Us MHS eNewsletter Composers Conductors Instrumentalists Vocalists Featured Artists & Groups Reviews Donors Search Site for... Links Newsflash Fun Stuff Hot Topic! Bibliography Events Myrtle on the Web Guestbook Finding the truth is not enough. What we also have to find is justice.                                ~Rigoberta Menchu Grant Park Music Festival 2008 - Conversation with the soloists Part 4 Monday, 25 August 2008 What does the future of classical music look like to you? What does the future of classical music hold for African Americans? All soloists agreed that education was the important to the survival of classical music. More importantly, access was vital to its continued existence. Darren Stokes To Mr. Stokes, the Met’s showings in movie theatres present an alternate education and make opera accessible to a wider variety of potential supporters or future musicians. What keeps people away? Pretension and production. “People don’t dislike opera because it’s in a foreign language, but because they don’t understand the similarities between this and other art forms. Don Giovanni and Rigoleto… These men are womanizers!” a theme which often plays out on television and in the movies all the time. As concerns production, Mr. Stokes believes that “a change in production is necessary, but something more entertaining. Americans like musical theatre because colorful and entertaining. People don’t want to stand and watch a boring show. They want energy and color. Then younger people getting into it and friends tell friends.” While Mr. Stokes noted that public exposure was essential to the survival of opera and other classical forms, he also acknowledged that the recent exposure is changing the tradition. “Opera is becoming more Hollywood,” he said. “Now singers are too heavy.” With new productions aimed towards younger audiences, singers “have to have more energy and movement.” Harolyn Blackwell Ms. Blackwell suggested that music education should tie into and be as important as the standard subjects. “We need to educate kids that it’s cool or neat. Mathematical! [And it should be taught in schools] as well as literature. There are scientific aspects. All of this is incorporating in this great art form. Many kids are taught that music is playtime, but it’s not. This is a subject that’s just as important and math science and literature. Now, many are not going to be the next Horovitz, but it’s important to be knowledgeable, to know the difference between an aria and a duet.” Ms. Lattimore focused on social networking tools from in-person meetings to the internet. “As a young artist, you’ll get more nos than yeses. Continue to walk in faith. Continue to perfect your craft. Get your technique as steady as possible. Take care of the variables you have control over and let the rest play out. Surround yourself with a support team, friends, family, other artists. Support is invaluable. Cultivate your craft and network. Self-promote. Just because you have management doesn’t mean you stop promoting yourself. The internet is a wonderful tool! Record and market them where you’re performing. Meet people and stay in touch, especially with different directors and conductors. Peers and colleagues will help! Be versatile. Sell yourself through your performances but also through parties and dinners where meet donors. Follow up with them. Those that sponsor companies can sponsor individuals. That is part of the business. Could make wonderful friendships.” Jonita Lattimore “I first heard opera at [age] 17 when my high school chorus director did Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” Stokes says. “If younger people hear it, they might want to peruse it.” Ms. Blackwell recounts hearing a theme from La Boèhme played by violinist in a NYC subway station. The musician attracted a number of platform-standing subway riders. “Great music is great music. People are always influenced by that.” In addition, music exposure should be back in schools. The lack of visual and audio exposure breeds ignorance, which many of us interpret as racism. “This is not an integrated business,” Mr. Stokes replied. “You will experience racism because they don’t see us often enough. That’s the nature of the community. So you cannot blame whites for perceptions because we are few and far between.”   < Prev   Next > [ Back ]       © 2012 myrtlehart.org Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.

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