Kevin Sutton wrote:

>Robert Floyd asks:
>
>>We may not have Babbitt festivals, but we would have more commissions
>>from folks like Corigliano. It's not a perfect solution, and wouldn't
>>help the avant garde (but isn't that what universities are for?
><ducking>),
>
>No need to duck.  That is exactly what the universities are for and what
>they should be encouraging.

But increasingly the Universities are becoming more "corporate" in their
thinking...again, in an effort to attract outside funding.  I wonder if
Presley organization would help fund a Symposium on Elvis.  I would have
no doubt that some corporate support could be found.  I am not down on
Elvis, but where do you get support for a Symposium on Babbitt?

Karl