Coldplay get rehearsing with Dudamel’s youth orch

Ravi Narasimhan says:

I’m mostly pro-Dudamel but I don’t know what there is to see here. They’ve made a slick video in a short time. We don’t hear the kids playing, there’s a running voiceover covering that. We don’t know what they’ll be playing at the event. There are no other details apart from the often-told changing lives through music story from the Social Innovations Manager. There’s a lot of style and flash with little substance which is what Dudamel’s detractors have been carping on since he got the job.

When the Phil’s marketing people call regarding season tickets and/or donations, I ask how much time Dudamel actually spends with the kids as opposed to the unseen teachers who run the program for most of the year. I’ve never gotten an answer.

I hope I’m missing something.

cherrera says:

It’s LA, lala land, it’s Hollywood, it’s hype. The honeymoon with the Dude has been over for awhile, he’s no longer the wunderkind with the wild hair, his peers have surpassed him at better orchestras, he’s a thirty-something who sucks for to dictators for money, and the Super Bowl wants to exploit a bunch of Latino kids to accompany Cold Play so of course Dudamel will say yes.

That about sums it up.