Renaissance Man - Philip Brunelle And Music

The State of Choral Music Around the World, Circa 2023. To begin the 2023 season of this podcast we journey around the globe to gain an understanding of choirs, audiences, repetoire and innovation in choral music. Philip surveyed his network to gain perspective from choral leaders, including: • Simon Halsey, Chorus Director – City of Birmingham (England) Symphony Chorus • Jorge Cordoba, radio program: Horizontes de Nuestra Música (Mexico) • Reijo Kekkonen, publisher of Finnish choral music - Sulasol  • Jonathan Velasco, Senior Lecturer, University of Philippines College of Music  • Virginia Bono, Founder and Artistic Director, Estudio Coral Meridies (Argentina)  • Yoshi Egawa, Deputy Secretary-General, Japan Choral Association Both choirs and audiences are coming back, but slowly, worldwide. Within Philip’s network, he’s estimating audiences returning to roughly 60-75% of pre-Covid levels, as of early 2023. Interestingly, in both Finland and especially the U.S. there’s been a shift in ticket purchasing—fr