YouTube Symphony Orchestra
The YouTube Symphony Orchestra (YTSO) is an orchestra assembled by open aud… Read Full Bio ↴The YouTube Symphony Orchestra (YTSO) is an orchestra assembled by open auditions hosted by YouTube, the London Symphony Orchestra and several other worldwide partners. Launched on December 1, 2008, it is the first-ever online collaborative orchestra.
The open call for entries was until January 28, 2009. Musicians wishing to audition had to post a video of themselves playing the Internet Symphony No. 1 'Eroica', by Tan Dun, along with a second talent video of themselves playing a preset audition piece to YouTube. Musicians of all cultures were encouraged to audition, as even if a particular instrument was not specifically scored in the original score, a musician was allowed to simply play a part in the same pitch range as their native instrument. Judges selected finalists and alternates was from January 29 to February 13, 2009 and the finalists were voted on by the YouTube community from February 14 to February 22, 2009.
Winners were announced on March 2, and were invited to travel to New York in April 2009, to participate in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra summit, and play at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. As of the concert date, 15 million YouTube viewers had watched the audition tapes. The concert featured a series of short pieces that had been rehearsed for several days, as well as guest soloists Joshua Roman, Gil Shaham, Measha Brueggergosman, Yuja Wang, and classical / electronica composer Mason Bates. Three children tutored for the event by pianist Lang Lang played a piano six hands arrangement of a Rachmaninoff waltz.
The Tan Dun submissions were compiled into a mashup video premiered at Carnegie Hall on April 15, then hosted on the YouTube Symphony Channel as of April 16.
On October 12, 2010, a video posted on the YouTube Symphony Channel announced that they would be doing a second symphony, this time performing at the Sydney Opera House on March 20, 2011. Thomas will again be directing, and has asked Bates to write a piece, entitled Mothership, in which performers will be invited to improvise with the orchestra, both live and via an uplink. A video of the LSO performing Mothership was posted on YouTube on October 11, 2010.
Like the previous year, contestants were required to record themselves performing the piece on their own instruments. However, since the piece features sections of improvisation, players are also invited to send in clips of themselves improvising. Applications closed on November 28, 2010.
The performance was broadcast live on "Sunday 20th March [of 2011] at 8pm Sydney time" with rebroadcasts being done throughout the day for each time zone. The completed performance was uploaded to YouTube at the end of March 20th and can now be viewed on the symphony channel. It was "the most-watched live music concert on the Internet", and "the most frequently viewed concert in the history of the video-sharing website"
The open call for entries was until January 28, 2009. Musicians wishing to audition had to post a video of themselves playing the Internet Symphony No. 1 'Eroica', by Tan Dun, along with a second talent video of themselves playing a preset audition piece to YouTube. Musicians of all cultures were encouraged to audition, as even if a particular instrument was not specifically scored in the original score, a musician was allowed to simply play a part in the same pitch range as their native instrument. Judges selected finalists and alternates was from January 29 to February 13, 2009 and the finalists were voted on by the YouTube community from February 14 to February 22, 2009.
Winners were announced on March 2, and were invited to travel to New York in April 2009, to participate in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra summit, and play at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. As of the concert date, 15 million YouTube viewers had watched the audition tapes. The concert featured a series of short pieces that had been rehearsed for several days, as well as guest soloists Joshua Roman, Gil Shaham, Measha Brueggergosman, Yuja Wang, and classical / electronica composer Mason Bates. Three children tutored for the event by pianist Lang Lang played a piano six hands arrangement of a Rachmaninoff waltz.
The Tan Dun submissions were compiled into a mashup video premiered at Carnegie Hall on April 15, then hosted on the YouTube Symphony Channel as of April 16.
On October 12, 2010, a video posted on the YouTube Symphony Channel announced that they would be doing a second symphony, this time performing at the Sydney Opera House on March 20, 2011. Thomas will again be directing, and has asked Bates to write a piece, entitled Mothership, in which performers will be invited to improvise with the orchestra, both live and via an uplink. A video of the LSO performing Mothership was posted on YouTube on October 11, 2010.
Like the previous year, contestants were required to record themselves performing the piece on their own instruments. However, since the piece features sections of improvisation, players are also invited to send in clips of themselves improvising. Applications closed on November 28, 2010.
The performance was broadcast live on "Sunday 20th March [of 2011] at 8pm Sydney time" with rebroadcasts being done throughout the day for each time zone. The completed performance was uploaded to YouTube at the end of March 20th and can now be viewed on the symphony channel. It was "the most-watched live music concert on the Internet", and "the most frequently viewed concert in the history of the video-sharing website"
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