MUSIC which Elliott thinks societies place a much higher value on the arts than in the U.S. The often-times high cost of attending classical and jazz concerts here in the States, Elliott said, creates an “elitist loop,” in which the wealthy become the only ones attending. Even that people don’t like jazz and classical music means www.queenscourier.com“Do we take a free market approach, where the fact then, venues and organizations are still fi nding it dif- fi cult to achieve fi nancial sustainability. that it fails in the free market?” Elliott asks. “A lot of people will subscribe to that. Or, do we say that jazz and classical music has value beyond its direct eco- nomic impact, that it means something more than its artists and ensembles have to go where they’re more European countries have government departments in and the Arts Council of Ireland contributed sums over • january 2013 •per capita to arts funding in America in 2012, whereasEuropean organizations like the Arts Council of Walescountries.ing more public funds to fi nance music events, makingthe art form more accessible to all income levels. ManyCulture, for instance, or Finland’s Arts Council, whichBecause of this, many American jazz and classical“It’s interesting to me that American creative art- ability to make money?” appreciated, which often means traveling overseas. place for this very purpose. Take France’s Ministry of 30 times that amount to arts funding in their respective ists essentially have to make a living by going to other advises the country’s Ministry of Education and Culture “It’s a matter of deciding whether or not we value cul- lic countries if they want to have a career,” he said. “It’s and receives funds from the state arts budget. ture and if we do value culture, realizing that there are Europe ouniFB00 ers a diuniFB00 erent approach on the matter, us- ment for the Arts, the organization contributed $0.47 dollar terms,” Elliott said. courier 45 kind of culturally depressing for America.” According to data compiled by the National Endow- values to music and art that are not represented in pure
LIC012013
To see the actual publication please follow the link above