THe Audience Knows

​How do you know if an audience enjoyed your performance?  Asking directly will probably get the most accurate response.  Conversations (with people you don’t know) and in-person or a-page-in-the-program surveys might be a good way to start.  The audience sees the whole performance and know how they feel. If your goal is to serve them, they probably have the best ideas on how to do that, even if your goal is education.  Maybe a 5 pm start time is better for families. Maybe not having an intermission makes life difficult for anyone who drank liquids before the concert. Maybe someone was unkind to an audience member.  Whatever it is, the audience probably has some ideas on how to improve performances geared toward them.