At SMU Concert, Audience Picks the Program
Friday's concert by the Meadows Wind Ensemble will begin with a request that the audience leave their cell phones ON!
When he walks into Caruth Auditorium on Friday night, Jack Delaney won’t know which pieces of music that he’ll conduct.
That’s because when concertgoers enter the hall, they will be handed a ballot and asked to narrow down a field of eight well-known classical pieces down to four. In the four matchups, they will chose piece A or piece B and text their picks to a device that tallies the votes.
Among the matchups are Bernstein’s Overture to Candide vs. Shostakovich’s Festive Overture
It’s the first time the Meadows Wind Ensemble has tried programming by proxy. Delaney, the ensemble’s director, isn’t even 100 percent sure that it will work.
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