In whatever city it might be, I can imagine the two things that would happen. They think that the opera house or the symphony center is the same place as the cinema, where they can leave popcorn on the floor. If you're going to have kids listening to rehearsals, that means there has to be one extra rehearsal, because it has to be a real performance, as well, and it has to be top-quality. If we don't have a radical shift in the basic attitude toward what a normal hearing experience is, and the intrinsic value of it, then it's going to be the short road. And that does give me some concern.
Arts education is no less valuable as a collective training than school sports.
It's just as important to explore the imagination through literature, poetry, and song as it is to develop young bodies, and develop attitudes of teamwork and a team mentality through sports. And I have absolutely no grind against sports. They have to learn the bytes and the bits, and run laps and play baseball. Other things like music and languages are just nonsense. That's hobby time.