{"id":726,"date":"2005-07-12T08:41:56","date_gmt":"2005-07-12T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2005\/07\/old_growth_vs_new_sprouts_in_s\/"},"modified":"2005-07-12T08:41:56","modified_gmt":"2005-07-12T15:41:56","slug":"old_growth_vs_new_sprouts_in_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/old_growth_vs_new_sprouts_in_s.php","title":{"rendered":"Old growth vs. new sprouts in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

The demise of a symphony is usually cause for gnashing of civic teeth over lost community status, lost performance experience, and lost infrastructure for working musicians. That was certainly the case with the collapse of the Florida Philharmonic in South Florida back in 2003. But Lawrence Johnson in the Sun-Sentinal<\/i> suggests that the death may have led to a new life<\/a> in the classical music scene.<\/p>\n

In the music marketplace and creative\/financial energy released by the Philharmonic’s dissolution, several smaller ensembles have sprung up to serve the classical music community. Says Johnson:<\/p>\n


\nIt’s not what former Philharmonic musicians want to hear, nor what those who prefer to experience the rich glory and volume of a large symphony orchestra desire. But the fact is that these smaller, less expensive orchestras and chamber ensembles may be more effectively serving the needs of local audiences than the Florida Philharmonic.
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While the region is likely to be served by touring symphonies of larger scope and scale, these smaller ensembles serve a niche market but also carry a much lower overhead. Says Marshall Turkin, co-founder and executive director of new Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia:<\/p>\n


\n”Each community is forming its own little orchestra, which will function as the image of its community,” said Turkin, who sees the downsizing as a healthy response accommodating the needs of regional audiences. ”Boca can afford to maintain a chamber orchestra indefinitely. I don’t think the Boca area can afford a full symphony for more than year or two.”
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Certainly, South Florida is a strange and unique region of the world — with seasonal audiences, retirees, a sprawling market area, and a radically shifting demographic. But the upside of downsizing the area’s orchestral infrastructure offers a fascinating case worth watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The demise of a symphony is usually cause for gnashing of civic teeth over lost community status, lost performance experience, and lost infrastructure for working musicians. That was certainly the case with the collapse of the Florida Philharmonic in South Florida back in 2003. But Lawrence Johnson in the Sun-Sentinal suggests that the death may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}