From YouTube to Carnegie Hall

On Monday a new YouTube Symphony Orchestra project was announced in San Francisco, London and New York.  The goal of this project is to create an orchestra with 100 members from around the world, who will come together to perform April 15 at Carnegie Hall.  

The project will be conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony.  "YouTube is the biggest stage on Earth, and I want to see what the world's undiscovered musical geniuses will create on it,"  said Chinese-born composer Tan Dun, before appearing at the news conference at Google's London headquarters.  

The Orchestra will perform a new work by Tan, written for them and dubbed "Internet Symphony No. 1, 'Erioica.'"  

In the first phase, musicians everywhere are invited to learns Tan's "Eroica" by downloading their parts from the new orchestra's YouTube site at www.YouTube.com/Symphony.  

To compete for a spot, the musicians must record their performances and upload the videos to the site, then a panel of experts from different Symphony's will narrow the field to the best participants.  Anyone who watches YouTube can vote on their favorites, from the final picks.  

The winners will be then flown in April to a three-day music summit in New York, led by Tilson Thomas and culminating with the Carnegie performance.

After reading this article I began wondering what YouTube will com up with next?

-Carly Youngren