Classical Musicians will finally get their chance to shine and show that although they might not be able to "Dance with the Stars" or show that they can dance, survive in the wild or get along in a large house with many strangers, swap families or have someone redecorate parts of their house: that they can play their instrument.
Video conferencing simultaneously from New York, London and San Francisco, world leaders in classical music and internet technology outlined their plan for a You Tube Orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=qwTiF0HMrog The plan is spearheaded by Google product managers Ed Sanders and Time Lee.
"Our idea is a collaborative orchestra," said Sanders from New York. "Musicians will be auditioning online from all over the world through our new site(youtube.com/symphony). The winning players will then gather in New York next April to debut a piece for orchestra at Carnegie Hall. This is a new kind of opportunity for musicians.
The audition process is simple. Players learn an orchestral part, downloading the written music directly from the site. Then the musician records his or her performance, while following along with a video of the conductor (also online). The results are then uploaded directly to YouTube for the panel's consideration.
Renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun wrote YouTube Symphony #1-Eroica for this event. It's a modern take on Beethoven's third symphony.
"This project is a chance to reconnect with what classical really means," said the San Francisco Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. "It's still much more entrenched in everyday lives then we realize. I saw here in New York, some boy playing stick ball on the sidewalk, and when one fellow got a big hit, he ran off singing "Duh, da duh, da duh duh da da DAH (from Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachmusick).
I wonder if the creators of the Internet who were trying to share scientific ideas and research could ever have imagined this kind of exchange?
Should I practise and download a bassoon part?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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