Joshua Roman, the twenty-three-old lead cellist of the Seattle Symphony, gives a lively interview to Gavin Borchert: "I would love to see the classical-music industry crumble, just
absolutely fall to bits. Because I think then we’d have to start over.
We’d have to say, well, what is it? What is classical music? Is it this
concert hall, is it these tuxedos? No, it’s this music. And then we
could start over from the beginning, build it up, find people who like
the music. Like rock and roll started, like the punk movement started." (Via Utopian Turtletop.)
I personally find tuxedos to be a ridiculous and distracting choice of male concert fashion. They fail to convey the intended seriousness and instead make players look like uncomfortable groomsmen. Informal all-black attire would be better.