I go to Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts frequently and see quite a few young people there. It’s really a canard that Serious music appeals only to the elderly and staid.
Oh, I started going to the orchestra when I was young. Went with a college cheerleader, red hair, tall but so light. But now I’m “elderly and staid.”
I’m betting the young people you see at the symphony are not hanging out at convenience stores when they are not soaking in live orchestral music.