Sara Leila Sherman
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But classical music is not as accessible as we have the potential to make it as a society.
I like that you chose the word classes up the place. So it already has to you also this level of sophistication associated with it, correct?
I like that you chose the word classes up the place. So it already has to you also this level of sophistication associated with it, correct?
I like that you chose the word classes up the place. So it already has to you also this level of sophistication associated with it, correct?
And so I don't disagree, but I think, again, then it puts this barrier. I like to think of the fourth wall and classical music in particular, breaking that fourth wall of what our expectations are at a concert or performance. I run a classical music concert series called Mozart for Munchkins, and it's an interactive experience. So we'll do that.
And so I don't disagree, but I think, again, then it puts this barrier. I like to think of the fourth wall and classical music in particular, breaking that fourth wall of what our expectations are at a concert or performance. I run a classical music concert series called Mozart for Munchkins, and it's an interactive experience. So we'll do that.
And so I don't disagree, but I think, again, then it puts this barrier. I like to think of the fourth wall and classical music in particular, breaking that fourth wall of what our expectations are at a concert or performance. I run a classical music concert series called Mozart for Munchkins, and it's an interactive experience. So we'll do that.
We'll play the flight of the bumblebee, but we'll encourage the kids to buzz around like bumblebees. Or we'll play Bach, and we encourage this element of breathing with Bach to it. And it's amazing what a one-year-old and a two-year-old can do when we give them the space to be themselves and to experience this serious music, they don't have to get it, but they can feel it.
We'll play the flight of the bumblebee, but we'll encourage the kids to buzz around like bumblebees. Or we'll play Bach, and we encourage this element of breathing with Bach to it. And it's amazing what a one-year-old and a two-year-old can do when we give them the space to be themselves and to experience this serious music, they don't have to get it, but they can feel it.
We'll play the flight of the bumblebee, but we'll encourage the kids to buzz around like bumblebees. Or we'll play Bach, and we encourage this element of breathing with Bach to it. And it's amazing what a one-year-old and a two-year-old can do when we give them the space to be themselves and to experience this serious music, they don't have to get it, but they can feel it.
And the more exposed they are to them, it becomes taken down from this pedestal, almost as we often think about it, like you said, this fancy restaurant or hotel or whatever it might be. And it can become more integral into accepting music like the death leopard, whether you like it or not, but it also then breaks this barriers of our expectations of it. And it's not put in a box.
And the more exposed they are to them, it becomes taken down from this pedestal, almost as we often think about it, like you said, this fancy restaurant or hotel or whatever it might be. And it can become more integral into accepting music like the death leopard, whether you like it or not, but it also then breaks this barriers of our expectations of it. And it's not put in a box.
And the more exposed they are to them, it becomes taken down from this pedestal, almost as we often think about it, like you said, this fancy restaurant or hotel or whatever it might be. And it can become more integral into accepting music like the death leopard, whether you like it or not, but it also then breaks this barriers of our expectations of it. And it's not put in a box.
Here's classical music over here for when I do these fancy things.
Here's classical music over here for when I do these fancy things.
Here's classical music over here for when I do these fancy things.
Music in elevators, restaurants, department stores, grocery stores is, again, a business that was founded in 1932 called Muzak. So when we think of elevator Muzak, it's actually the name of the LLC, Muzak Holdings LLC, that started this idea when you go into a store. And the idea was when you play a certain type of music, it might make people buy more things if you have this...
Music in elevators, restaurants, department stores, grocery stores is, again, a business that was founded in 1932 called Muzak. So when we think of elevator Muzak, it's actually the name of the LLC, Muzak Holdings LLC, that started this idea when you go into a store. And the idea was when you play a certain type of music, it might make people buy more things if you have this...
Music in elevators, restaurants, department stores, grocery stores is, again, a business that was founded in 1932 called Muzak. So when we think of elevator Muzak, it's actually the name of the LLC, Muzak Holdings LLC, that started this idea when you go into a store. And the idea was when you play a certain type of music, it might make people buy more things if you have this...
type of music that will encourage them to pick up more items on their way out. Think of it like the little kids and all the candy or all the chips that are right near the cash register when you see parents scrambling. No, no, no. But very rarely do you have classical music, which again is this calming music or it doesn't have to be classical, but