MISSION

CutTime^® means making classical music

 REAL for new audiences!

SCOPE

We enjoy playing for our traditional audiences. Yet we recognize that even though classical music itself will never disappear, 93% of Americans are missing out on some very cool music. So our goal is to play and promote classical less formally to help popular culture ease past the prevalent social stigmas against it. CutTime® warms up quality classical music for young and diverse audiences by performing established masterpieces and catchy new works. We renew the context for classical with emotional stories, insightful analogies, true interactions and humor that help our audiences get beyond the mysterious and exclusive traditions that ground our profession. 

By experimenting with free concerts, amplification, introductions and speak-easy environments in non-traditional venues, we break thru the walls that turn many people off. By explaining some basics and perhaps shortening traditional terms, we push classical toward the 22nd-Century. By performing symphonic repertoire as small, versatile ensembles, we showcase the surprising qualities of talent around orchestras, seeking to draw attention and audiences to their local musicians. By creating symphonic music that is fully classical or skirt the boundaries with urban pop, we prove that the past can be refreshed with the present. 

CutTime Players® continues to perform the Stravinsky work that first inspired it, Histoire du Soldat, as well as the handful of other works composed for this ensemble. Most importantly, CutTime® offers these transcriptions and compositions when possible with music schools and professional orchestras to enhance their community outreach. Given the resources, we can double that 7% and make classical click with new audiences.