A revelation came to me the other night while I attended the CSU Symphony Orchestra concert. Audiences do not know proper concert etiquette. I was appalled at some of the things which occurred during the concert itself. As a result, I feel the need to give a small lesson in proper concert etiquette. Here are a few of the rules every person should follow while attending any sort of formal concert, whether it be a wind band, orchestra, choral, or theater event.
1) Turn off or completely silence your cell phones, pagers, and beepers. Having them go off during the concert is not only distracting to other audience members, but also extremely distracting to the performers.
2) Do not snack during the performance. If you must for some reason do not eat something which is crunchy or will make a lot of noise. Again this is extremely distracting to performers and audience members.
3) Bring cough drops. If you have a scratchy throat or a slight cough suck on a cough drop.
4)Do not talk during the concert. Even if it is as a whisper, talking creates a buzz through the audience, which becomes distracting to everyone around you.
These are only a few of the rules of etiquette which must be followed during a concert. For a more in depth listing please visit: http://www.menc.org/guides/etiquette/etiquette_home.html
And remember you are there to enjoy the music and the performance, as is everyone else so please do not be a distraction.
3 comments:
I remember playing in my symphony and hearing the audience do the exact things you explained in your list especially during our pauses or between movements. I can only imagine if it annoyed me then it must of really annoyed the people next to the disturber.
Audience assholes are a pet peave of mine! I completely hear you on the audience etiqute. The theatre used to be an event in which people would dress up for and now its just like going to a movie! People act like they are the only one there...Its horrible!
I hate the people in the audience who are so rude! Theatre and other performances used to be something that people dressed up for, and now they could care less. It is as if they think they are the only people in the room... It's horrible!!
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