"I am one of the people lamenting where the future audience for classical music will come from," he said.
And we hope that we're looking at our future audience.
How do you build for the future audience?
Where are the future audiences going to come from?
Where will future audiences come from if students are not educated or exposed to the arts in this cultural capital?
With little music education in the schools, future audiences are at risk.
We've always talked about trying to find new ways to reach our future audience.
"We stress to the teachers that future audiences for classical music have to be developed in the classroom," he said.
With this misunderstanding cleared up, future audiences were much more enthusiastic.
"Those are the programs addressed to our future audiences."