MUSI 1900 Chapter 13: The State of the Arts: Living with Culture in Toronto Reading
25 Feb 2017
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The state of the arts: living with culture in toronto. Toronto has music makers including approx. Does not fit into any one genre + has many cross-genres. Classical music under labels of being too obsolete/traditional/intellectual. Not a huge audience for new music yet. Laidlaw foundation = supporter of canadian music (new music genre: has goal of making music to improve lives of kids, previously focused on child safety + welfare. New music community: massey hall new music festival closed (last 5 years, music gallery unstable throughout this time. Classical music in 1990s in toronto: recession led to less funding, unpredictable ticket sales, classical music = known for high costs. Toronto symphony orchestra: nearly went into new-music genre (1996, made in canada music festival began. Toronto became popular place for contemporary canadian music. Made in canada became massey hall new music festival. New music community began meeting in 2000. Had been labelled as competitive in the past.
