A Christmas Carol: Young People Most Engaged With Orchestral Music This Christmas
Young people have overtaken their parents and grandparents' generation as being the people most likely to enjoy orchestral music as part of the countdown to Christmas - according to new festive research by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).
The national poll of 2,000 adults turned on its head the long-held assumption that orchestral music is a music genre for older people. Instead, the RPO study revealed that 74% of people aged under 25 will engage with orchestral music this Christmas, compared to just 46% of people aged 55 or over.