The YouTube Orchestra holds its first public concert in Carnegie Hall tomorrow evening. The Orchestra is comprised of quite an olla podrida of backgrounds, including 96 performers from 30 countries with ages ranging from 15 to 55 years. Artistic adviser and conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas, helped manage the group at the first rehearsal at the Juilliard School on Monday morning. Thomas was the same personage who dug through the multiple YouTube auditions to eventually comprise this extraordinary group of artists.
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Tan Dun leads rehearsals as well, these are a bit more unique, and include his own fittingly titled Internet Symphony No. 1 (“Eroica”), which the players were required to work on individually as part of the audition process. Additional music includes work by Giovanni Gabrieli, Mozart, Dvorak, Villa-Lobos, John Cage, Benjamin Britten, Lou Harrison and Mason Bates. This should be quite the experience for everyone involved! Source: NY Times Blog
