It seems the older I get, the younger I need to become!\u00a0 Does this make sense?\u00a0 Do you feel this way sometimes?\u00a0 This seems to be true for many things in life.\u00a0 When I was young, I wanted to be older.\u00a0Now that I\u2019m older, I want to be young again.\u00a0Technology has just exploded in the past 20 years and especially over the past decade.\u00a0 It can make one feel real old very quickly if you don\u2019t keep up with it.<\/p>\n
We in the performing arts grapple with this feeling too.\u00a0 Trying to please a diverse audience is not an easy task.\u00a0 The generation of the Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras are feeling forgotten while the new generation is wanting the very latest.\u00a0 Sadly, many young people do not even know who Glenn Miller was.\u00a0 Then there are the generations between who grew up with the Hippie movement and on to the Rock music culture.\u00a0 Where does one begin to please the diverse musical palates of everyone?\u00a0 This is the challenge we struggle with each time we try to plan a season of concerts and events.<\/p>\n
There is good music from the past that people still enjoy hearing.\u00a0 Even though many performers are now past their prime, I believe some performers have earned the respect and people still enjoy seeing and hearing them.\u00a0 I think it allows people the opportunity to revisit good times of their youth.\u00a0 This is a valuable service we in the arts can offer.\u00a0 There is no doubt whatsoever that music evokes memories and that it is healing at times.<\/p>\n
I find that older people seem to be more receptive to newer music than young people are of older music.\u00a0 I find this interesting and quite surprising!\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps older people have more experience and have seen and learned much more over the years.<\/p>\n
As I look for talent in Fountain Park during the summer, I look for music that I think most people can and might enjoy.\u00a0 The idea behind outdoor summer music is to create an atmosphere where people can relax, visit and have fun.\u00a0 We are not trying to educate or bring culture to the audience as much as entertain them \u2026 always with hopefully quality music though.<\/p>\n
Inside at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center, we look to entertain, educate and inspire.\u00a0 Most often the performers are genuine and are performing their own music native to their performance style: Classical, country, jazz, rock, Broadway, Pop, and on and on.\u00a0 Now the tricky thing is to please as many people as possible.\u00a0 Not everyone will enjoy every concert; this much we understand.<\/p>\n
We at the Niswonger talk much about audience development.\u00a0I find it to be much like economic development.\u00a0It is important to attract new, younger audience members, while still protecting and catering to audience retention.\u00a0As we work on the 2014-15 Niswonger season, know that we work very hard to respect the past, while looking to the future.\u00a0It\u2019s not an easy task, but one that we embrace and work very hard to accomplish.<\/p>\n
The new season will be announced within the next month or so.\u00a0 We hope you find many things that will inspire, educate and entertain you.\u00a0I also hope you, young and old alike, will give at least something a chance that may expand your musical palate.\u00a0 You may just find that eating broccoli isn\u2019t all that bad!<\/p>\n
Up next: HMS Pinafore<\/i>, a Gilbert & Sullivan musical comedy operetta, this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0This may be the vegetable you haven\u2019t eaten in a while.\u00a0I encourage you to try it and you might just enjoy it!<\/p>\n
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