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It is in my opinion that the capacity to tolerate certain music determines your intelligence. Haha, I know many people would agree, but that's what I think. Persuade me otherwise.

I think most people CAN'T enjoy classical music is because usually in classical music, there's so much going on at once in a piece it's hard to... oh I don't know, follow? Rap, rock, etc. etc. is much easier to follow along with. Beats are easier to hear, yadda-yadda. It takes time to appreciate classical music for most people. It's a generational thing I suppose.

Thats so cool. Where I live. The education system is trying so hard to get rid of band. They even tore down one of the band rooms of one of the middle schools. Only to much protest by local musicians rebuilt it. You can forget having a school orchestra where I live. The only thing there is, is the bands that manage survive no funding, no help, no attention. The directors are only local musicians who care enough to want to see the music stay in schools. Otherwise they wouldnt be teaching. If they didnt step up and teach, there would be no music. The kids here dont care about music. They dont respect it at all, and want nothing to do with it. The adults are just as closed minded and care about football and the "FCAT" more than anything else.

We have an Orchestra here in town created not too long ago and thats where I play, as well as most of the directors. We are the cultural center of our city, and were trying hard to rebuild the culture here. But it can be hard with no respect. Were slowly becoming more and more popular though, as more people here open thier minds and eyes.

It's probably not. I've had similar experiences. For one thing, being at a live performance is profoundly different from hearing a recording. For one, it's a heck of a lot louder, unless you have a killer sound system. It's also much more nuanced, as something is always cut out in the recording process.

It also depends on the music. If you're playing music that you like earnestly and with the knowledge that you like it, that enthusiasm will help bring the piece to life, and create an emotional response to the audience in turn.

I was brought up with Rock and pop. I love Classical Music though... Though thats just me, I suppose a lot of people aren't into it because they brought up with it.

I really don't think that it's a matter of what kind of music you grew up with. I grew up listening to nothing but pop, and alternative rock, but I love not only classical music, but all eras of music whether it be baroque, neo classical, romantic. I think the lack of appreciation is more over a lack of knowing what to listen for. I mean in todays world of retrogressions, and parallel fifths it hard for most people to listen for and hear a good secondary diminshed vii7/iii chord, or listen to and appreciate the difference between a baroque sonata and a classical sonata. I think that if more people were educated in the different styles of music and the theory behind it there would be an increase in the appreciation of "classical" music.

they think their out of style
so was 100 years ago
and stuff like that
but make him play one of those
peices you have and laugh at every mistake he makes
just to get back at him

I think its a matter of exposure. Most of us here who like classical music either play it, or were brought up hearing a lot of it.

I have very few friends who enjoy classical music ... and those who do still don't appreciate it as much as I do = It's quite sad, really.