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Just feeling out the membership. Anyone go to the CSO? ProMusica? Chamber Music Columbus? Listen at home maybe? Does anyone care? Do people here think Classical music is for old, snooty, or just plain lame people? What do you think?
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Anyone listen to classical?
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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I never really listened to it much before Anne & I started dating, but now it's on in the car pretty regularly. And the radio in the kitchen rarely leaves 89.7.
We usually hit a CSO event or two throughout the year. Picnic with the Pops is fun.
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gramarye
In Exile
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I don't generally listen on the radio, but I've got a reasonable amount on it on my iPod. I've got a fair amount of more "modern" classical acts like Bond (the electric string quartet) and Vanessa Mae, too ... some classical aficionados probably consider that sacrilege, but I'm no purist. 8)
It's not really car music for me.
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brothermarcus
West Siiiide
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I play classical music occasionally, I sortof fill-in periodically for some small community orchestras as a percussionist... but actually listening to it and having it move me as much as other types of music - not so much.
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The Hegemo
Delusions of Grandview
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I like classical music, listen to it at home sometimes. I bought some of the $10 tickets CSO had for this season. I always go to the Sunday matinees (too cheap to pay for parking), and it's me and a bunch of 80-year-olds there. Makes me feel young. :wink:
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ChrisSunami
King-Lincoln District
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When I was growing up, my dad listened exclusively to classical, so I reacted pretty strongly against it for a while --but lately I've really started to get back into it.
I've always had classical favorites however --admittedly drawn heavily from the Top 40 of classical. Here's some of them:
I also write music in a semi-classical style, chiefly for violin.
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Anne
King Lincoln
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I grew up with it on as background noise and now I like to have that too. I would start going to the CSO if it wasn't $35 a ticket per show. If it was more like a movie price ($7) for a seat in the back I think I would be more inclined to just go there on a whim.
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HeySquare
German Village
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Anne wrote I grew up with it on as background noise and now I like to have that too. I would start going to the CSO if it wasn't $35 a ticket per show. If it was more like a movie price ($7) for a seat in the back I think I would be more inclined to just go there on a whim.
You know, I was just talking with a friend of mine, that we really wish Columbus would do "rush" seats, where, an hour before the show (usually it's stuff like Broadway shows, but can be anything...) leftover seat tickets go on sale for half price. None of the Columbus groups seem to do this. I really think they would benefit from that practice: full houses, and developing an audience for people who might not be able to afford a season ticket.
I think that when people go to something on a half-price ticket, and enjoy it, they are far more likely to come back and pay full price.
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joev
Merion Village
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Not a big fan. I got my wife and I CSO subscription for Chirstmas a few years back and we were bored to tears. I mean, who can listen to a 35 minute song? But if you have an attention span and familiarize yourself with the music beforehand, it would probably be better.
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lifeliberty
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upper balcony tics are only $18
I'm a fan, I enjoy opera more than just symphony.
http://www.columbusunderground.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10989
i think playing the piano when younger helps the interest greatly.
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Mercurius
First Avenue
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Yeah I'm not sure. I am embarrassed that I do not like it or support it (or opera.) I don't think I have enough of an ear to distinguish between really great performances and mediocre. I did grow up going to picnic with the pops and was first chair jazz trombone in high school, but never got the nuances of classical. Always was just bored and looking forward to it being over. It seems like something that distinguishes a town with a great cultural scene. Occasionally I accidentally tune my alarm clock to 89.7 instead of 90.5 in the morning; does that count?
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lifeliberty
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well, in defense of the less than interested peeps, i think it is something that takes time to grow on you. and you will always be bored until that one performance when you feel something that moves you. then, like all drugs, you seek that feeling again. But are most times let down til another performance just grabs you and floods you with serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine.
definitely an aquired taste that will always escape you til it finally grabs you, kinda like with drinking whisky, smoking cigars, etc etc
(btw, the whiskey drinking I still don't have, can't stand it still)
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TBDFITL
'Burbs
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I worked for the Columbus Symphony for two years and I have a degree in music from OSU (classically trained trumpeter).
I have to say the CSO does a nice job providing a wide variety shows for very good prices (especially compared to other professional orchestras). And, since the hiring of Junichi Hirokami, the quality has really improved in the classical realm. The musicians LOVE him.
If you're looking for deals on tickets, here are a few ideas:
Ohio State sells student tickets to CSO events for $5. They purchased a blanket order for the entire season back in August and resell the tickets at a discount to students using the BuckID. You have to be a current student or faculty member to get these tickets (call a student friend for this deal)
Rush tickets: For anyone with a student ID, you can purchase up to two tickets two hours before a show at the Ohio Theatre box office. We don't have a card reader for student ID's, so break out that old ID (OSU, Capital, Otterbein...doesn't matter) for cheap seats. You get best available seats for about $10. No lie.
Keep an eye out for multi-ticket discounts. The CSO often does mailers for package deals (three shows for $40, for example). Group sales (10 or more tickets purchased at once) can combine multiple shows and save a minimum of 15% savings on your total order.
Picnic With the Pops tickets are sold for about $16 at Arts Fest every June.
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Tigertree
771 N. High St.
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I like classical music quite a bit. That has been most of my Rhapsody playlist over the last two days (okay, I am listening to M.I.A. at the moment, but before that, well, I was listening to Stan Getz, but before before that for two days). I am not as educated as I should be with it, so that has been part of why I am listening to so much of it right now.
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lifeliberty
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TBDFITL wrote Ohio State sells student tickets to CSO events for $5. They purchased a blanket order for the entire season back in August and resell the tickets at a discount to students using the BuckID. You have to be a current student or faculty member to get these tickets (call a student friend for this deal)
where would a student go to aquire these?
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Mercurius
First Avenue
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lifeliberty wrote well, in defense of the less than interested peeps, i think it is something that takes time to grow on you. and you will always be bored until that one performance when you feel something that moves you. then, like all drugs, you seek that feeling again. But are most times let down til another performance just grabs you and floods you with serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine.
definitely an aquired taste that will always escape you til it finally grabs you, kinda like with drinking whisky, smoking cigars, etc etc
(btw, the whiskey drinking I still don't have, can't stand it still)
Nice! Is there anywhere in Columbus that I can listen to classical while drinking whisky and smoking a nice stogie. I'm pretty sure I'll like anything with those two added in the combination. However, I liked those from my first sip and drag. Now there are just some stogies and whisky that I love!
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lifeliberty
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i think the only time all 3 may be enjoyed is during symphony week when the orchestra plays on the statehouse lawn, provided the whisky is concealed in a coffee mug!
or picnic with the pops which is also outside, but I like the more classical stuff, well suited for the ohio theatre.(which is a beautifully restored historic theatre if anyone's never been)
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