YouTube Orchestra Announces Program For 4/15 Carnegie Hall Concert

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra has announced the program line-up for its concert at Carnegie Hall on April 15.

According to google, the orchestra is comprised of over 90 players from more than 30 countries were selected through auditions posted on YouTube. Musical experts from the London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and other leading orchestras around the world narrowed the field of entries from localized YouTube countries to a group of semifinalists. In February, the YouTube community was invited to vote for their favorite semifinalists. Those chosen were invited to participate in the three-day classical music learning summit, which begins Monday, culminating in the Carnegie Hall performance on Wednesday.

The bulk of the evening will be conducted by artistic adviser, and Grammy-winning music director,  Michael Tilson Thomas. Selections will include Giovanni Gabrieli's Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, the Allegro giocoso from Brahms's Fourth Symphony, "Nuages" from Debussy's "Nocturnes, the finale from Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, new works by Tan Dun and Mason Bates, and more.

Tim Lee, a former project marketing manager for Google's London headquarters came up with the idea. Down the road, rock bands or Broadway musicals looking for talent could audition parts globally using YouTube, adds Mr. Lee. Lee is currently on leave from the search giant, while obtaining an M.B.A. from Stanford.

Google-owned YouTube recently won a Peabody Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in electronic media, including radio, television and cable.