As she was blasting rap music in her Bose headphones near the cafeteria, a De Anza student paused her phone to answer a few questions.

Paola Rodarte, 19, a psychology major, is a fan of today’s popular music scene. She said she frequently likes to listen to artists like Kanye West, Chance the Rapper and Future.

Rodarte is one of the many college students who add to the misconception that classic music is a dying genre, according to the story, “Classical Music Isn’t Dead”, published by The New Yorker. It suggests that although many people think classic music is dead, in reality it’s not.

“There’s just something about Drake and all the other rappers today that makes it so interesting to listen to.” Rodarte said.

Joaquin Sanchez, 23, a music technology major said he loves listening to classic-music.

As he hummed a section from a Hector Berloiz piece while waiting for a bus to take him to San Jose, Sanchez said he notices that many people don’t like classical music as much as radio hits.

“People get bored a lot faster these days, especially when it comes to music,” Sanchez said. He likes to produce music as a hobby and aspires to one day change the music scene.

William Robin, the writer of the New Yorker piece goes on to say that we should remember, “this (classic music) is a nonprofit enterprise that has endured from the era of church and court.”

Musicologist and pianist, Charles Rosen, confirmed the ongoing misconception within the same article that the genre is dead, “The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition,” Rosen said.

Oliver King, 21, a stats major, said he finds classic-music rather irrelevant.

However, on the evening of Tuesday, November 22, he gave the genre a chance while streaming some major composers over Spotify.

“I feel like it’s all about the mood that you’re in when listening to this stuff,” he said, later in the day as the sun began to fall. “It’s very peaceful to the mind.”

King said that he never had the time or patience to listen to classical-music.

After listening to Mozart on the computer for an hour, he picked up his things and headed home.

Robin says in the article that, “the industry remains relatively vibrant in the face of an American media culture that appears so determined to marginalize it.”

Sitting in the cafeteria Olivia Maldonado, 24, a hospitality major. Her headphones covering her ears.

Maldonado said that she didn’t like classical-music because she felt it was for older people. When finding new music, she likes to look for the sound that “doesn’t bore me to sleep.”

But Mathew Beleva, 21, a film major, said he usually listens to classic-music because, “it creates white noise making it easier to study.” But he doesn’t necessarily appreciate it.

Beleva said that although listening to Bach helped him focus more on his studies, nevertheless, classical-music is just something he couldn’t see himself listening to for fun.

Although it’s inevitable for the younger generations to be less interested in classical music, the Robin’s article reminds us that we shouldn’t cross off the genre just yet when it says, “The recent economic failures of individual institutions do not mean that the whole system is broken.”

Rodarte said that she considered herself part of the culture trying to keep classic music alive. In doing so, by supporting the cause she likes to “listen to the Beatles and AC/DC” every once in a while.