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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should switch the style of music so more people would come. Bluegrass, blues, rock or R&B would get more interest from public.[/quote]

They have diversified -- this is from the 2019-20 season promotional materials:

Special Performances: Relive the musical and movie Mamma Mia as ABBA performs the group’s greatest hits, including Dancing Queen and Fernando! Experience the moving work for solo voices, chorus and orchestra Voices of Light, which accompanies the classic silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc; join us for our special fun and festive Holiday Singin’ Pops and our popular performances of Handel’s Messiah. Attend an evening dedicated to black classical music pioneers, featuring works by Wynton Marsalis, George Walker and William Grant Still, and a concert exploring the connection between music and the written word, showcasing Henry Dehlinger’s Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Michael Daughtery’s Tales of Hemingway.

And they had a jazz trumpeter from New Orleans last year doing a Louis Armstrong tribute.  There were probably other examples.  I mean, they are a symphony orchestra, so I wouldn't expect them to do Pink Floyd.  Strathmore itself regularly hosts other types of music, but the Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra.[/quote]

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