Since President Obama’s election there’s been a fair amount of chatter regarding the role that classical music would play in his administration’s White House. Shortly after the election, our esteemed Baltimore Sun critic Tim Smith pondered that very question. A year later, Obama hosted a classical music concert in the East Room of the White House and brought up the clapping issue. Last weekend, Anne Midgette offered a few suggestions of her own about what the President could do to forward the classical music ’cause’ to more Americans.
One thing both Tim and Anne put a lot of stock in is the idea that if the President embraces classical music and makes it a part of his ‘being’ that more Americans would hop on the classical music train. Do you think this would work?
If the President jumped off a bridge would u jump off a bridge 2?
Should the President make classical music part of his personal brand?
Would that ‘save’ classical music?
If the President got his piano trio on would u b ‘all about’ classical music?
Should there be a classical music lobby?
Should White House classical music concerts be in an ‘alternative venue’?
When the White House has classical music ‘shows’ should it change its name 2 (la) maison blanche and ‘serve art & alcohol’ with the music?
If the President made classical music ‘fun’ would Charles Wuorinen campaign for the Republicans?
Filed in: Classical Music.
Tags: Anne Midgette, Barack Obama, Classical Music, Tim Smith, White House
