For audiences and performers, the value of touring is undeniable. A city-to-city string of shows can seem glamorous, heightening artistic reputations and drawing new fans in distant communities. Many American early-music groups would love to go on tour. Some have learned to navigate that complex landscape.
Friends and colleagues have shared with me, and I know from experience, that vocalists with exclusively “classical” training can sometimes be blind to the richness of other music. We tend to minimize our efforts when approaching different or less “formal” genres, or even avoid them completely.
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At EMA, we often hear versions of a basic question: How do I get my ensemble and concerts previewed, reviewed, mentioned in the press? Artists run their own social media but, in truth, you want someone else talking up your projects and performances. That attention, in turn, helps ticket sales and fundraising. It puts the organization on an upward spiral.
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Music, much of it performed by military bands, is inextricably linked to the mythology of the American Revolution. Yet one of early America’s most popular musical ensembles, the regimental band, has been obscured from the late 18th-c. soundscape.
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A scholar of American musical history reflects on ‘Niagara,’ an obscure symphony that connects centuries of our nation’s cultural life, proving once again that the only thing fixed about American musical identity is that it remains in a constant state of flux.
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