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In the music I heard from these orchestras, I didn't see myself in the music. I didn't feel much of anything when listening to the music. It didn't pull me in or tell me a story. With other classical music, I've felt a connection before, not with these specific pieces, however. I enjoy the louder, upbeat, slightly hectic music.

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Here's a few pieces the A.S.O. performed and made available to the public.

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I'd like to see orchestras play music that makes them want to dance and play. Music that they put their heart into. I would like to see an orchestra have fun while performing. Performing in that way will pull the audience in even more so and will be more entertaining for said audience. As a past orchestra player, The best the orchestra could ever play was based on how much the orchestra actually felt the song. You can still have class while dancing to your own music. This could work even with slower songs. I feel like this could bring a bigger audience to classical music. We hold classical music up with such praise, I think we should also display it full of life.

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"Our monolithic history of Western classical music is largely a story about the great composers, many of whom are described as geniuses. The label has convinced many that we can’t enter the inner circle of musicians and composers. It is an elite cadre, and the chances that a new member will be admitted seem slim. For trained musicians, this focus on the genius reinforces a vague notion that they can’t (or shouldn’t) compose, but the construct is powerful for non-musicians as well. It makes the act of composition seem impossible and blocks many from moving beyond the practice of distracted listening. We don’t think we know enough to be structural listeners." - Sara Haefeli, The Problem with Geniuses

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"Our monolithic history of Western classical music is largely a story about the great composers, many of whom are described as geniuses. The label has convinced many that we can’t enter the inner circle of musicians and composers. It is an elite cadre, and the chances that a new member will be admitted seem slim. For trained musicians, this focus on the genius reinforces a vague notion that they can’t (or shouldn’t) compose, but the construct is powerful for non-musicians as well. It makes the act of composition seem impossible and blocks many from moving beyond the practice of distracted listening. We don’t think we know enough to be structural listeners." - Sara Haefeli, The Problem with Geniuses

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I agree with this completely. The canon makes it difficult for people to feel like it's possible for them to be included in the canon one day, or even in the group of people who appreciate the canon. Music was meant to be for everyone and anyone, it's an expression of who you are and how you feel, not a private club for the exclusive.

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I looked up the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra's websites. The most common composer that the L.S.O. performed was Ravel.  They also play Beethoven, Debussy, etc. The L.S.O. is a pretty typical Symphony Orchestra. They play the classics, by more common composers.  The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is not too different from the L.S.O. other than their sound.  The A.S.O. stills performs common, German composer works a majority of the time. The L.S.O. does see, to play lighter, more upbeat music, while the A.S.O. plays heavier, slow music. I feel these orchestras are missing vigor and diversity. Not only within composers, but within their work selections. One orchestra shouldn't simply play songs that all sound the same. Maybe a song or two from a female composer could help with that!

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"Whether one is aware of it, literary canons permeate society on many levels and have undoubtedly shaped everyone’s world view." - Jordan Bates, Literary Canons Exclude Works No Matter How Selective Canon Makers Are

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"Whether one is aware of it, literary canons permeate society on many levels and have undoubtedly shaped everyone’s world view." - Jordan Bates, Literary Canons Exclude Works No Matter How Selective Canon Makers Are

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Jordan has a good point here. Whatever is deemed the standard, is what is strived for and reproduced. It's all that we see and hear and all that really inspires us.

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performing at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Photographer unknown.

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The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra practicing before a concert. Photographer unknown.

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The L.S.O. performing Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

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ludwig van beethoven symphony no 9 d minor

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ode to joy ode an die freude ode à la joie inno alla gioia oda a la alegría 頌歌喜びへ

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Beethoven Symphony No 9 D minor Mariss Jansons Concertgebow Orchestra

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Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 9 D minor Ode to Joy Ode an die Freude Ode à la joie Inno alla Gioia Oda a la alegría 頌歌喜びへ Mariss Jansons conducts Concertgebow Orchestra 1.Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 0:00 2.Scherzo 15:27 3.Adagio molto e cantabile 27:00 4.Presto -- Allegro ma non troppo -- Vivace -- Adagio cantabile -- Allegro assai 41:16 5.O Freunde -- Ode to Joy 47:35