Chronicle of a dispute over the critics' role between the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston music critics. (Table of Contents, p. 1). Includes reprinted articles, editorials and letters to the editor from The Boston Globe, Time, The Boston Herald-Traveler, and The Phoenix. This material was prepared from published sources by Carol M. Cross under the supervision of Douglas Schwalbe. Copyright 1970 by the Institute of Arts Administration.

For many orchestras, the traditional subscriber base is declining. It is important for orchestras to understand why people become subscribers so that this market segment can be replaced. This exploratory research was designed to ascertain the age of first concert attendance and motivation for first concert attendance for two audience groups of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London.

Slideshow presentation by Wolf-Brown firm, commissioned by the Scottsdale Cultural Council.

Terri Lynn Cornwell's Democracy and the Arts: The Role of Participation provides a broad brush approach to the topic of democracy and the arts and examines the relationship between political participation and arts participation. It begins with the premise that the arts are beneficial to society and that maximum participation can strengthen both the arts and democracy. Cornwell makes a case that political participation and arts participation permeate the general population in much the same way and, therefore, can be analyzed in a similar manner.

The authors use the examples of the National Council on the Arts (NCA) and the California Arts Council to show the magnitude of official opposition to reforming cultural policy in the . Cultural policy, they argue, has been left entirely to vested interests, and it has been virtually ignored by the press. They use both state and national policy examples to show the extent of opposite and degree of red-baiting.

The challenges of developing audiences and securing contributed income are unending for not-for-profit arts organizations. Recent events ﾝmost notably the recession, the continuing stock market decline and the war on terrorism ﾝhave intensified the demands on institutional leaders in the . Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) has battled furiously over the last few years to maintain its core values and continue its artistic growth while simultaneously confronting both national economic realities and regional socio-demographic conditions that impede its growth. This article examines PBT's history as

The diversity of arts participation is examined in this brief, which reports on findings from a national survey of cultural participation commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and conducted by the Urban Institute.

The research presented in this report provides new information about how and why people participate in arts and culture that has important implications for how arts and culture providers and supporters, and people engaged in community building attempt to reach and involve their publics.

The survey asked residents in five communities about their attendance at live music, dance, and theater performances and their visual arts experiences, as well as about other forms of participation in arts and culture and in civic affairs. Responses to the survey suggest new ways to think about connections between arts and cultural participation and community participation. (From publisher's description)

This document offers findings from a survey, conducted by the Urban Institute, of residents in five places where programs have been working to broaden, deepen, and diversify cultural participation.