An Orchestral Audience: Classical Music and Continued Patterns of Distinction
| Autor: | Crawford, G, Gosling, VK, Bagnall, G, Light, BA |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Cultural Sociology. 8:483-500 |
| ISSN: | 1749-9763 1749-9755 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1749975514541862 |
| Popis: | This paper considers the key findings of a year-long collaborative research project focusing on the audience of the London Symphony Orchestra and their introduction of a new mobile telephone (‘app’) ticketing system. A mixed-method approach was employed, utilizing focus groups and questionnaires with over 80 participants, to research a sample group of university students. This research develops our understanding of classical music audiences, and highlights the continued individualistic, middle-class, and exclusionary culture of classical music attendance and patterns of behaviours. The research also suggests that a mobile phone app does prove a useful mechanism for selling discounted tickets, but shows little indication of being a useful means of expanding this audience beyond its traditional demographic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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