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Mini Poll: Music To Our Ears

Current Totals:

Have you been to a classical music performance in the past year?

Yes:
 46%
No:
 54%

 

Do you believe that listening to some sorts of classical music can make you smarter?

Yes:
 61%
No:
 39%

 

Do you think that classical music should be a required class in public schools?

Yes:
 71%
No:
 29%

 

Have you attended a performance of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) in the past year? In the past five years?

Yes, in the past year:
 34%
Yes, in the past five years:
 66%
No:
 0%

 

Which of the following experiences is the best part of attending a performance of the SLSO at Powell Symphony Hall?

Getting dressed up:
 3%
Coming to Grand Center:
 2%
Exploring Powell Hall:
 6%
Seeing the spectacle:
 10%
Hearing the music:
 73%
Leaving:
 6%

 

Which of the following would you be most inclined to pick as your seat neighbor at Powell Symphony Hall?

A grandparent:
 2%
A second date:
 14%
A blind date:
 3%
My spouse or partner:
 67%
Post-Dispatch music critic S. Bryan Miller:
 7%
St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger:
 7%

 

Which of the following would most make a performance of the SLSO a better experience for you?

Not having to get dressed up:
 20%
A dress code:
 10%
Being able to bring my own snacks:
 1%
Being able to bring my own beverages:
 4%
Daytime concerts:
 8%
Midnight concerts:
 4%
Lower ticket prices:
 53%

 

Which of the following is the best piece of advice you would give to the SLSO's music director?

Play more challenging classical music:
 21%
Play more contemporary classical music:
 21%
Play more familiar classical music:
 41%
Play more popular music:
 18%

 

Would you rather see the SLSO perform at an outdoor venue, like Kiener Plaza or Forest Park; or at an indoor venue, like Powell Symphony Hall or the New Cathedral?

Outdoors, generally:
 13%
Indoors:
 29%
Somewhere outside, but only if the weather's good:
 26%
Somewhere inside, but only if the acoustics are good:
 32%

 

Have you seen any other orchestras besides the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra?

Yes, a few of them:
 60%
Yes, many of them:
 9%
No:
 26%
I've never seen any orchestras at all:
 5%

 

If you were a member of the SLSO, which of the following families of instruments would mostly likely have your instrument of choice?

Brass:
 16%
Percussion:
 18%
Strings:
 34%
Woodwinds:
 17%
I would be the person with the baton:
 15%

 

Would you be more likely or less likely to attend a performance of the SLSO conducted by a robot?

More likely:
 13%
Less likely:
 87%

 

Do you think that the SLSO should be a member of the Zoo-Museum Taxing District, like the Art Museum, History Museum, Botanical Garden, Zoo, and Science Center are?

Yes:
 81%
No:
 19%

 

Have you ever read Eddie Silva's blog on SLSO.org?

Yes:
 9%
No:
 67%
There's a SLSO website?:
 24%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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