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Today I bought green ketchup. I'm not sure why, because I've never bought it before, but today I did.
It makes me angry that ketchup is green--and I'm not sure why.
Ketchup is supposed to be red--because it's always been that way.
Change.
We practice an art that reveres its history, a history rich in elegance and tradition. Our masterworks date from bygone eras. We still teach theoretical systems from the sixteenth century, and we perform in costumes from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Simultaneously, we seek to adapt to the present--a world in which art music is sometimes overshadowed by pop and rock; a world in which refinement and elegance are often pushed out by a culture of fast food and even faster entertainment--a world where technology has made it possible to listen to virtually any artist and any selection at any time of the day. We have embraced the possibilities of new technologies, the musical tastes of new generations and the demands of new economies.
We also must look to the future--and envision change as unimaginable as green ketchup. ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Green ketchup ... and red mustard.(Dear Reader)