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Concert Review: SFCMP’s His Own Space of Freedom—Theatrically Engaging and Musically Diverse
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Rat­ing: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The World of Water

The San Fran­cisco Con­tem­po­rary Music Play­ers pre­sented their final con­cert of the 2009/2010 sea­son tonight, 26 Apr 2010, at the Herbst The­ater in down­town San Fran­cisco. On the pro­gram were pieces by Greek com­poser Mano­lis Manousakis, Amer­i­can Tan Dun, Chi­nese Guo Wen­jing, and French­man Philippe Hurel. This pro­gram was pre­sented coher­ently and engag­ingly, because proper atten­tion was paid not only to select­ing and prepar­ing the music, but also to light­ing, stag­ing, and tech­no­log­i­cal aspects—a rare achieve­ment. Con­tinue read­ing “Con­cert Review: <span class=“caps”>SFCMP</span>’s His Own Space of Freedom—Theatrically Engag­ing and Musi­cally Diverse” »

Anti-Elitism versus Anti-Intellectualism: What the CBC is Doing Right and Wrong

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Abstract

This is a dis­cus­sion of the pro­gram­ming changes that CBC Radio adopted between 2007 and 2008. It looks at the unin­tended influ­ence of the soci­etal trend toward anti-intellectualism in the CBC’s pro­gram­ming deci­sions. I begin by exam­ing the motives for the CBC’s changes, and why they might have adopted the atti­tudes that they did. I then explore the con­fu­sion between anti-elitism and anti-intellectualism, dis­cuss the prob­lems that these have caused for the CBC, and sug­gest an alter­na­tive approach.

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