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In Reply to: An afternoon at the symphony posted by Big Dave on February 27, 2007 at 16:12:02:
...age of the attendees?It's been about 10 years since I went to a local symphony concert, but I'd say the average age was well over 70. Lots of white hair.
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I would say the median age is 35-50. Lots of older and younger folks as well. Actually a very nice mix.I have season tickets for Saturday night. The house is always sold out and the crowd is on the younger side.
that I attended at the SF Opera I would guess that the median age was 35, maybe younger. It surprised me. Maybe Wagner is "in" with the younger generations, but I was not expecting so many yound people for this nearly four-hour performance of a opera, sung in German, that was heavily laden with repetitous expositions of Shopenhauer's philosophies. Most of them stuck it out, too, which was fortunate for those that did. The Liebestod was almost overwhelming.
...film version made them curious.San Francisco has always seemed more of an 'opera' city to me, especially with the large gay population. There seems to be more promotion and advertising for it, too.
I had season tickets to the SF Symphony in the late 1980s and it was a younger, business aged crowd.
The last symphony concert I saw was out in the East Bay suberbs and seemed to draw a crowd from the Rossmore Retirement Community.
It really depends on the day. Friday or Saturday night is a reasonably young crowd and Sunday matinees are older (I'm guessing that's pretty typical).I will say the age at L.A. Phil concerts went down when WDCH opened but with Salonen as music director there were already a fair amoutn of younger people attending.
The L.A. Phil concerts at the Hollywood Bowl have even younger crowds.
I'd say the median was 55+. The place was about half full, with a mix of all ages, but definitely tilted toward the senior set. (I'm 63 myself.)
"Music is the medicine of a troubled mind." -- Walter Haddon, 1567
Musical tastes get refined with age.
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