NY Times Photo of Brooklyn Museum
As someone who has attended the Brooklyn Museum Orchestra of St. Lukes concerts for several years I was shocked and angered to see that this years concerts will be ‘free to children under 12’. This makes them at best family concerts that should be free to all begin with. Sure there are children who can sit through a concert but unfortunately most of them live in Europe. Also presenting concerts by part time musicians, armature and ‘semi-pro’, as concerts by true professionals is fraud. Real professional musicians don’t have day jobs and can and do practice everyday. Also, lets face the truth, no self-respecting classical musician wants to play under the conditions of a Park Slope birthday party. In a city so rich in music everyday of the year it is foolish to waste you time listening to the bottom-feeders of the classical world. I suspect most music lovers already know to avoid the Orchestra of St. Luke’s but to new and occasional listeners I strongly sugest that you avoid the Orchestra of St. Luke’s concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Museum and Morgan Library & Museum. If you go your more cultured friends will think you are silly yahoos.
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