Classical Music

Classical music lives in a insulated box that has nothing to do with the outside world. Orchestras do not exist in todays culture for the creation of new interesting art. They exist to perpetuate the institution.

Since orchestras get most of their income from foundations and fundraiser there is no incentive for them to change. If Park ave patron X wants Brahms, they get Brahms. If Tommy from the East village that is cultural, inquisitive, and alive wants something new that relates to him, he is tough out of luck.
The only way to get orchestras to change is to require by the state that any of the public tax funds orchestras receive must go to creating and playing new American works. If people want to put up their personal money to champion European culture , that is their prerogative. But if it is the public money, then that should not be the case. Perhaps if modern classical composers where as organized and aggressive as the teamsters, something like this could be accomplished