a concert series, and a good one it is

Tonight's concert at Heaven was good. All very strong performances, all good pieces, I thought some nice contrast between works and ensembles. Not too long. Good food was had.

However, maybe 5 people came out for it besides the people who performed.

I know that there was a blizzard this weekend and that made travel, and just being outside difficult; I know there were plenty of other shows to see and things to do- but it made me sad. It's fine to play for ourselves, I mean, we're all musicians, we can all appreciate it. But, part of why we play, especially as young musicians, is because this music is something that is extremely important to each of us. For some reason, us strange young people were drawn to Classical music. But, see, that's the problem right there is that it is STRANGE that we are drawn to it. Unusual, maybe that's a better word for it. What I liked about these Heaven concerts when I first started doing them was that a lot of people came out who wouldn't normally go to hear a Classical concert because it's usually in a different world of its own-Classical music is not at all part of everyday life and it probably never will be ever again, at least not in the US. But, us young Classical musicians were lucky enough to find it and seek it out further and now we want to share it, or I do. I want people to come out and hear what we have to share and learn a little bit about old composers and about old music and just kinda chill with it. I wanted that to happen today at least...

Anyway, I really do understand the various reasons for people not coming out today, but I want to stress 1) that the concert was GOOD and should have been heard by more people and 2)there is somewhat of a personal goal behind these concerts for me and I'd love it if that goal could be reached every month.