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Jennifer

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Thoughts on why Classical Music and why go to Live Concerts?

~Some Thoughts on Why "Classical Music" and why we go to Live Concerts?

Here are some thoughts for today on this amazing subject of  music and concerts....
What do you think and feel about this??? ~ Jennifer

Why does someone go out of their home to go to a concert?
~ to feel something, emotional message with a group of people, but in a private way
~ they may not feel things like this on a daily level, but can in this setting
~ Dynamic!- Energy! Alive!
~ Group Energy...
~ extended period of listening, feeling, experiencing- shift perceptions
~ inspiration
~ passion for music
~ knowledge
~ engagement, connection
~ entertainment
~ affect mood and brain chemistry- encoded, code...
~ How does music make us who we are?
~ relate to something together
~ art as relating to the human experience.. in its myriad of forms
Why Classical Music as an art form?
~ longer Art form than a pop song so.... Music is “large” a vast world... Encompassing of Whole
~ powerful message 
~ can explore something more complex, deep, rich, subtle 
~ without words- sound conveys something form another dimension
~ powerful nature of music
~ mystery of music
~ sets up patterns then fulfills or changes them
~ transformative - Music as “Genetic Structure”
~ elevates evolution 
~ cultivates the good - UP lifting!
~ looking at music connection between brain and culture evolution and society
~ affect mood and brain chemistry
~ music was shaped by a large number of refinements over time...
~ music is encoded in the brain- what kind of code is in classical music? deeply encoded in brain
~ change, shift perceptions
New Music ? -
~ creative not recreative... to be a part of the creative process... it is exciting! 
~ support our living composers and keep this form of music alive and thriving...
~ music of our time! are we a part of it? 
~ authentic voice , finding yours through composition and giving life to a composers musical voice
~ what is sound saying about the human brain and evolution? 
~ what is Music saying about evolution?


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