Andrew Ousley is bringing classical music back to life—in a crypt.
On a chilly evening in November, 49 people had made their way into the Gothic crypt underneath the Church of the Intercession in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood where they were surrounded by the ashes of those who had been cremated and interred there since 1915.
In the last few decades, interest in the art form has dwindled. Concert subscription sales have fallen, classical music is not prioritized in public school curricula and employment is expected to fall in orchestras and opera companies because of limited funding. The trend has been reported for years, with thein 2006, “Moaning about the state of classical music has itself become an industry.”
Tickets to Ousley’s concerts almost always sell out—they’ve caught on and are popular, but also because the venues are small. At the Church of the Intercession, audience members sit on plastic chairs and snack on Costco cheese before descending into the crypt. At historic and atmospheric Green-Wood Cemetery, where concerts are held in the warmer months, performances are preceded by a whiskey tasting and then a moonlit walk through the cemetery to the catacombs.
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