Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

For all of the reasons already called out, classical is and will likely always be relevant. Hundreds of years of outstanding music has a tendency to stick around.

And there has been a significant resurgence of 20th Century Classical, particularly in the college communities. I've attended a number of experimental performances of new works each inspired by classical composers of the last century. And if you head down to art and performance spaces on a Friday night, you'll likely hear 20-somethings clamoring out hour-long free form improvisational pieces in blended tribute to both the New York School minimalists of the 1960s and 70s and the Berlin School and Canterbury scenes of the same period.

It's alive and well if you look for it.

Ask Dustin O'Halloran whether classical music is still relevant.