What’s Up in Town This Week?
Dr. Evert Bisschop Boele
Dr. Philomeen Lelieveldt
Café Marleen, Groningen
Foto: Juri Hiensch Tivoli/Vredenburg, Foto: Anon.
The ‘Musicscape – Live!’ research
questions
Which live music is available for the
inhabitants of the city of Groningen/Utrecht
in two ‘ordinary’ weeks?
How many concerts?
Which musical genres?
Where? Which neighbourhoods? Regular or non-regular
venues?
By whom (professional, semi-prof or amateur)? (U)
For whom?
When (day/time)?
Methodology: Groningen
No ‘formal’ data
No ‘expert’ interviews to generate data No ‘researcher’s intuitions’
‘Ethnographic’ observation: walking around; surfing the internet;
checking the (local, regional) newspapers et cetera
Preparatory phase (collecting locations) + data-gathering phase 1 researcher, 4 students
One dataset (2010) of 293 concerts
Publication: Musicscape Groningen – Live! (2010)
Other products: a website, a composition, a public presentation, a
small arts exhibition
Methodology: Utrecht
‘Ethnographic’ observation (see above);
Additions: 25 interviews with producers and
programmers; visiting and reviewing 50 concerts;
Two datasets of 315 (2011) and 370 (2013)
concerts; more specified information on musical
genres; participation of musicians as prof /
semi-prof / amateur;
Result: book Musicscape Utrecht – Live!
Results: Groningen - Utrecht
Number of concerts in musical genres
utrecht 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 klassiek jazz
pop/rock wereld overig
totaal
utrecht groningen
Where?
Where?
Results: Utrecht 2011
regular venues
non regular venues 0 50 100 150 200 250 number of venues number of concerts regular venues non regular venues
Ticket prices for non-free concerts 2011
Results: Groningen - Utrecht
€ 0,00 € 5,00 € 10,00 € 15,00 € 20,00 € 25,00 € 30,00 € 35,00
classical jazz pop/rock world diverse average
Utrecht Groningen
Stage capacity Utrecht and Groningen
Discussion 1: the audience
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classical jazz pop/rock world diverse
utrecht groningen
