tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post4323041839647877903..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-22124343058908462412015-05-16T09:30:27.848-05:002015-05-16T09:30:27.848-05:00You are absolutely right about the concertmaster q...You are absolutely right about the concertmaster question. In fact, it inspired a post!<br /><br />When I attend a concert, I usually choose my garb according to how I perceive my role. If I am there as an audience member I dress as most of them do here (casual to slightly dressy). If I am there as a composer, sometimes I go for the black, edgy sophisticate look (or try to). And sometimes I wear a suit and tie! Mostly in Mexico we aren't too formal.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-57919721558850171302015-05-16T00:26:57.864-05:002015-05-16T00:26:57.864-05:00I clicked through to read the Holly Mulcahy artic...I clicked through to read the Holly Mulcahy article. While I have no idea really why the concertmaster takes his place when he does (well, I expect it has to do with responsibilities and hierarchy, which doesn't fit in with Mulcahy's purposes, after all), I doubt that it has anything to do with signaling anything to the audience. <br /><br />But she was right to push back against those who think the dress issue ought not to exist. A co-worker, who I think usually listens to radio broadcast pop, was going with me to a recital and the first question she asked was, what should I wear? There are regional differences, too: here in Eugene, the ESO website doesn't address the dress issue at all (as I recall) while the Cincinnati Symphony's surely does. Here, t-shirt and jeans (at the symphony, I mean), eh, certain people will make certain judgments; in Cincinnati, well, the expectations are different.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com