Orchestrate
a Renaissance.

The Foundation for the Future of Classical Music is focused on orchestrating a cultural renaissance for classical music. Through its activities, the Foundation advances public discussion on the importance of classical music, diagnoses the problems facing that sphere today, and seeks solutions that will bring about a cultural renaissance in music.

Orpheus, Cristoforo Stati, 1600–1601

Your support is vital to our cause.

A New Concert Hall for London

Originally a new hall proposed for the London Symphony, this project was canceled to the dismay of London’s musical community.
FFCM brings together the best and brightest architects to revisit and revive this idea to address this persistent need.

Goals

Reexamine the prevailing diagnoses and treatments applied to ailing orchestras.

Advocate concert hall design that prioritizes the congruent, comfortable, and magnetic.

Develop strategies for transforming orchestra unions into a force for good.

Reframe the way that orchestras understand and communicate their contributions.

Build a bridge from unfamiliarity with classical music to eventual connoisseurship.

Measure the orchestra’s actual and potential audience in terms of internal motivations and psychographic insights.

Recover the crucial role of the orchestra in childhood education.

Provide the tools and support symphony orchestras need to aid in their own renewal.

Watch

Seaside Symposium: Leon Krier

Events

  • Lecture & Recital at Hillsdale College

    Hillsdale College Christ Chapel

    A concert of original transcriptions of J.S. Bach by Andrew Balio, principal trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony and the founder of the Foundation for the Future of Classical Music.  Bach affirmed that “the aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” …

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