Jones, WillKim, Junghwan2024-12-032024-12-032024-11-20Jones, Will, and Junghwan Kim. 2024. “The Uneven Geography of Access to Live Performances of Western Classical Music in the United States.” Findings, November. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.125761.2652-0397https://hdl.handle.net/10919/123714This study evaluates accessibility to live performances of Western classical music across 3,109 U.S. counties. It analyzes 100 popular concertos and symphonies from this genre (e.g., Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, <i>Ode to Joy</i>) to reveal socio-spatial disparities. Midwestern counties show poorer accessibility than West and East Coasts, with the highest mean accessibility scores in the fall and the lowest in summer. A hurdle model indicates that counties with higher population density are significantly associated with greater accessibility. An interactive online StoryMap embedded with recorded performances offers a synesthetic experience for exploring accessibility to live Western classical music performances.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalClassical musicUnited StatesMusical performancesCultural geographyArticle - Refereedhttps://doi.org/10.32866/001c.125761Kim, Junghwan [0000-0002-7275-769X]2652-8800