Cultural Consumption and Audiences of the Minnesota Orchestra
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Authors
Brooks, Melinda Renee
Issue Date
1994
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
In looking at two different audience segments of the Minnesota
Orchestra, I would like to explore motivations which cause a person to start
or stop their attendance of classical music events. Concerning the issue of
motivations, it is necessary to look at how trends of cultural consumption
affect one's attendance decisions regarding 'high cultural art forms.'
Addressing the issue of cultural consumption, my research will be
focused upon two distinct motivations to see how they affect attendance
patterns. I will be looking at whether or not there is clear distinction
between aesthetic competence and taste, on one hand, and status
motivations, on the other. Although the two motivations may be quite
distinct, they may end up being consistent with a correlation between class
and "high" cultural consumption.
Fundamentally, I would like to explore whether or not one chooses to
attend a high cultural form on the basis of aesthetic competence and/or for
status reasons. In doing so, I will be looking at two different segments of
audiences of the Minnesota Orchestra, the eighth major symphony orchestra
to be created in the United States. I would like to investigate why those
who have subscriptions to the regular season of the Minnesota Orchestra do
not choose to attend a particular classical series offered in the summer,
called Viennese Sommerfest, which is characterized as a 'lighter classical
form.' I am interested in seeing if aesthetic competence or status issues
affect these individuals decisions to not attend a 'lighter' classical form. On
the other hand, I would also like to see why those who do not subscribe to
the Orchestra and have attended the summer series in the past, no longer
wish to attend the Sommerfest concert series. The Viennese Sommerfest
concert series is described as a four-week summer festival that integrates
"free outdoor musical activities with orchestral and chamber music concerts,
recitals and lectures inside Orchestra Hall. The performances during
Sommerfest tend to be lighter, more popular classical music and are less
formal than the regular concert season.
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iv, 87 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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