This my dear Karen is not unique to Washington. Yours is just vocal music but I
live on an island and there is only one radio station which plays 'classical'
music. There is an audience for this kind of music but unfortunately our young
radio announcers dont see it fit to play such music.
Once a radio station played a song by Freddie Mercury and Monserrat C.(Can't
remember the title of the song but it was popular back then).Some one called and
asked for a repeat as they thought it was so refreshing, but did the announcer
play it again? NO. I dont even bother to turn on my radio as all I hear is dub,
rap,calypso, etc.
Norma
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> wrote:I just got off the phone with the woman
who runs the concert series
sponsored by Fairfax County Public Libraries. She told me that they are no
longer auditioning singers for the series because they have had little or
no attendance at previous vocal recitals in their series.
What the f**k is wrong with people in this town? Not only do none of the
classical radio stations play vocal music (except for the Met and Lyric
Opera broadcasts once a week, and the usual fare at Christmastime), but
apparently there's no audience for singers who haven't actually made it to
the Met already. (Which probably also explains why all of our local and
small regional opera companies have either died, or are dying.)
Is this problem unique to the Washington, D.C. area, or is it endemic
nationwide?
Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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