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The classical music concert experience (2015)

Vincent van Wijk
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Name: Vincent van Wijk Main Subject: Classical Oboe Research Coaches: Gerard Bouwhuis, Renee Jonker Title of Research: The classical music concert experience Research Question: What are the differences between the classical and pop performance practice of today and which aspects of pop music can we incorporate into the classical music concert performance practice? Summary of Results: It is a fact that classical concert venues are having a hard time filling their halls. In the past decades, there has been an increasing criticism of the way classical music performances are currently given. The image of classical music has resulted in audiences finding it ‘dull’ and the classical concert experience perceived as ‘too stiff’. Has it always been like this? In this research you will discover an answer as to why and how the classical music concert experience has changed, why the range of people who have access to (classical) music increased during the past few centuries and how we ended up having multiple genres in the 20th century; including the ‘rise’ of pop music. We will take a look at why this genre is becoming so popular and we will start to analyze the differences between pop and classical music concerts. I created a questionnaire, which was filled in by 58 performing musicians, both classical and pop. After analyzing the answers, I had a clear overview of which aspects are typical pop music-esque and which are typical classical music elements. Subsequently, I developed three different formats of classical music concerts, I went to the shopping mall and played the same oboe solo piece in three different formats: traditional classical concert, semi-traditional classical concert and a more interactive concert. Throughout this experiment I recorded the number of audience members for each separate type of concert, the results of which added another element of interest. The presentation will include background information, the interesting results of both the questionnaire and the shopping mall experiment (including movies) and a conclusion regarding my point on view on this topic, which shall be shown via a PowerPoint presentation. Biography: Vincent van Wijk (1990) completed his Bachelor studies with Ali Groen and Alexei Ogrintchouk cum laude in 2013. Now he is studying in the second year of the Master at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Karel Schoofs and Alexei Ogrintchouk. He followed numerous masterclasses with Maurice Bourgue, Stefan Schilli, Hansjorg Schellenberger, Bart Schneemann and private lessons with Frank de Bruine, Remco de Vries, Lucas Macias Navarro, Dominik Wollenweber in Berlin. Vincent often plays in professional orchestras and ensembles such as the Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orkest, Nederlands Kamer Orkest, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Brussels Philharmonic (principal oboe) and the Residentie Bach Orkest. Besides oboist, Vincent is a frequently asked orchestra manager. He organises around 8 projects a year, throughout the Netherlands.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsperformance, classical music, pop music, pract
date01/01/2015
published28/05/2015
last modified28/05/2015
statuslimited publication
affiliationRoyal Conservatory - Den Haag (NL)
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/136944/136945
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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