Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit the Kansas City Symphony with my daughter’s school class.  It was a great experience – they had an very educational focus – a program aimed at the kids that started before the concert.  My daughter enjoyed it and likely learned a lot from the event.   I also like the symphony a lot – wishing I could go more often.  I played the French horn up through High School and I love music – so the symphony has my sympathy and support.

What was interesting though was how concerned they were about people taking pictures or video of the performance.  I wonder if they should be encouraging people to take pictures/video or should continue with their policy to ban it?   It is in their best interest to tightly control their content or should they engage with their audience – encouraging them to share about their experience?   View full article »