Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> wrote:
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> I just got off the phone with the woman who runs the concert series sponsored
by Fairfax County Public Libraries. She told me that they are no longer
auditioning singers for the series because they have had little or no attendance
at previous vocal recitals in their series.
What the f**k is wrong with people in this town?
My accompanist played one of these recitals, and she filled the room. The
audience was made up largely of people she knew. One might consider the
possibility that the singers booked didn't have enough friends and fans to fill
the room. Perhaps this is because most pianists and other instrumentalists in
the area teach, and teach young people, who come to their teacher's recital,
bringing parents and siblings. The libraries' performing spaces are not big, so
it doesn't take much audience to fill up the room. Karen, perhaps if you told
them the size of your audiences were for your previous recitals, like the
recital at the National Theater, and describe how you have publicized your
recitals, you could get them to reconsider.
Good luck.
Peggy
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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