New age markets for classical music

Are meditation, mindfulness and therapeutic audiences the next growth market for the classical music sector?

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Like all arts organisations, practitioners of classical music are always looking to expand their audience beyond traditional subscriber bases and the concert hall. Some, like the Sydney Symphony, are seeking to attract new audiences online, or overseas, in growth markets like China. Others, like Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, have had marked success by targeting younger, more specialist audiences through programs like the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular and Video Games Unplugged.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts