Lots of cutting-edge contemporary concerts seem to take place in churches, especially open-minded parishes like St. Peter's in Chelsea, which has long fostered music of all kinds.
The violinist Midori has long been a highly visible agent for outreach, putting much time and effort into fostering music education and assisting young performers in their professional growth.
There have been a number of recent reminders, mostly overlooked, of the role that art museums in Los Angeles and elsewhere once played in fostering music's more progressive inclinations.
Foster's music is still a work in progress, and the various pressures of the music industry could lead her in any number of directions, but her talent and lineage offer tantalizing potential for something special to come, something that will continue to do her mentors proud.
As Mexican Summer has grown, it has actively sought to foster a music community.
Indeed, many of our columns report on people who are trying to change systems that have become rigid and out of touch, like our systems for foster care, music education and scientific research.
At a time when orchestras everywhere are finding innovative ways to reach new listeners, foster new music and take on cultural leadership roles within their communities, the Pittsburgh Symphony under Mr. Honeck is basically opting for the tried-and-true approach.
But whether the Philharmonic is to be more than an excellent orchestra, whether it is to be an artistic beacon for the nation, an institution that can foster new music, try new approaches to programming and attract new listeners to the concert hall -- those things are also at stake.
Mr. Ponce, artistic director of the academy and a member of a local mariachi group, Mariachi Real de México, founded by his father in the early 1990's, said the school was meant to foster mariachi music in a new generation, particularly the American-born children of Mexican immigrants.
