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Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music Gina Emerson

Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music By Gina Emerson

Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music by Gina Emerson


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This book responds to recent debates on cultural participation and the relevancy of music composed today with the first large-scale audience experience study on contemporary classical music.

Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music Summary

Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music: Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture by Gina Emerson

  • First large-scale audience experience study on contemporary classical music
  • Presents results and case studies from a cross-European survey at twelve concerts in ten different European countries, including at prominent institutions such as the Darmstadt Summer Courses, IRCAM, Snape Maltings and Ultima - Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
  • Offers the first large-scale comparisons between the concert experiences and tastes of contemporary classical and classical music audiences as well as insights into the reception of participatory and audiovisual works
  • Broader conclusions and discussions on the value of contemporary art in today's society
  • Includes recommendations to institutions programming contemporary classical music

About Gina Emerson

Dr. Gina Emerson is a musicologist and curator. Her research explores and connects the topics of audience experience, sustainability and cultural participation in art music contexts. She is currently Postdoctoral Research Associate at the IASS Potsdam in the Art-Science Cooperations for Sustainability group.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Professor Stephanie Pitts

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Conceptualising and Researching Audience Experience

Chapter 3: Contemporary Classical Music and its Audiences

Chapter 4: Who and Why? Demographics and Motivations to Attend

Chapter 5: CCM as High Art Subculture: Audience Tastes and Perceptions

Chapter 6: The Social and the Aesthetic I: Musical Expertise and Experiences with Live CCM

Chapter 7: The Social and the Aesthetic II: Aesthetic Experience and CCM

Chapter 8: CCM and Audience Participation: A Case Study

Chapter 9: Institution-Audience Relationships in CCM Culture

Chapter 10: 'Written without regard to the audience': Classical Music Attendees on CCM

Chapter 11: Conclusion

Appendix 1: Methodological Appendix

Appendix 2: Survey Questionnaires

Appendix 3: Supplementary Tables

Appendix 4: Supplementary Figures

Appendix 5: Full List of Works Performed at the Survey Concerts

Index

Additional information

NPB9780367696818
9780367696818
0367696819
Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music: Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture by Gina Emerson
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023-03-03
224
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