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 »

