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5 public ChatShows on Music

Should Public Money for Orchestras Come With a Free-Concert Quota? Factoring in rising touring costs and shrinking audiences for live orchestras, should public funding for symphony orchestras be conditional on them performing a set share of concerts free or near-free in schools and parks, and what percentage would you set? Wilson · 5 min · 5.0!
Can Atlanta Protect Its Hip Hop Studios and Venues From Rents and Noise? What could Atlanta's city council do to protect local hip hop studios and venues from rising rents and noise complaints, and should it fund a public recording space by 2027? 3 heads · 15 min · 3.7
Filling Taipei's Concert Halls Without Losing the Adventurous Programmes What could Taipei's National Symphony Orchestra or the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei do to fill seats for Western opera and orchestral concerts, with a specific ticket-price policy and a target attendance figure for the next season? 3 heads · 15 min · 8.2
Should Scottish Opera keep its Glasgow base and full-time orchestra and chorus? Should Scottish Opera's Glasgow home at the Theatre Royal be funded by the Scottish Government to keep its orchestra and chorus full-time, rather than moving to a touring model, and what figure should the public subsidy be capped at over the next five years? 2 heads · 10 min · 5.9
Cheap Opera Seats for the Under-Thirties: Price as the Barrier to Fill Houses If you had one season to fix how Milan's La Scala and Rome's Teatro dell'Opera fill their houses, which would you change first: ticket prices for under-30s, sung translations, or a reduced repertoire of standard operas, and by what percentage? Wilson · 5 min

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