The Muse in Music - Holly Mulcahy on Reimagining the Connection between Orchestras and Audiences

By, Dan Perttu

Please join me as I talk with violin soloist Holly Mulcahy, who is also concertmaster of the Wichita Symphony, about her work in audience engagement. Holly discusses her background coming from a family that was not deeply into "classical" music and how this informs her approach to making classical music accessible. She highlights the importance of inviting non-musical families to concerts and providing value beyond just performance. We also talk about her super-popular Rose of Sonora violin concerto, which combines film narrative with live performance, and her collaboration with Dan on the Stealing from Birds concerto, which incorporates bird calls and themes into the fabric of the piece.

Photo by Todd Rosenberg