Music has an uncanny way of bringing people together that would make any world leader jealous. Go to any concert and no matter the genre or artist — from New Kids on the Block (NKTB) to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — there will always at least be one person there who surprises you. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow insightfully said, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Even Madonna sang, “Music makes the people come together.” Truer words were never spoken … or sung.
Something else that brings people together? YouTube. No, seriously. How else did viral videos come about? Think about it. Sally, President of the Kute Kitty Kats Klub shows her good friend Anna the Christian the Lion YouTube video. Anna posts the link on her boyfriend Adam’s Facebook. Adam posts the link as his status, and so on and so forth until Christian the Lion is listed as #3 on 2008s Top 10 Web Videos.
Really, if you think about it, Music + YouTube=An unstoppable force. Apparently, the London Symphony Orchestra and YouTube both got this memo. They have teamed up to put together the world’s first-ever collaborative online orchestra. Musicians from all over the world are invited to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
That’s right. Any musician. Anywhere in the world. From Peter Serkin to Insert-Your-Name-Here. Live in Greece? No problem. Feeling a bit unconventional and want to play the didgeridoo? Sure! Just download the sheet music, practice until you can’t practice anymore, and upload it onto YouTube. You can even practice with the conductor, who just happens to be renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). You have a chance to be included in the collaborative video of Tan Dun’s new piece, written just for this purpose. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, you could be selected to go to New York City to play Tan Dun’s piece in Carnegie Hall.
So what are you waiting for? It’s time to break out the didgeridoo you bought on your vacation to Australia — you know, the one your mom swore you would never use, but just had to have — and get to practicing! Tan Dun and Carnegie Hall are waiting.
Music: The YOUniversal Language
Music has an uncanny way of bringing people together that would make any world leader jealous. Go to any concert and no matter the genre or artist — from New Kids on the Block (NKTB) to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — there will always at least be one person there who surprises you. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow insightfully said, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Even Madonna sang, “Music makes the people come together.” Truer words were never spoken … or sung.
Something else that brings people together? YouTube. No, seriously. How else did viral videos come about? Think about it. Sally, President of the Kute Kitty Kats Klub shows her good friend Anna the Christian the Lion YouTube video. Anna posts the link on her boyfriend Adam’s Facebook. Adam posts the link as his status, and so on and so forth until Christian the Lion is listed as #3 on 2008s Top 10 Web Videos.
Really, if you think about it, Music + YouTube=An unstoppable force. Apparently, the London Symphony Orchestra and YouTube both got this memo. They have teamed up to put together the world’s first-ever collaborative online orchestra. Musicians from all over the world are invited to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
That’s right. Any musician. Anywhere in the world. From Peter Serkin to Insert-Your-Name-Here. Live in Greece? No problem. Feeling a bit unconventional and want to play the didgeridoo? Sure! Just download the sheet music, practice until you can’t practice anymore, and upload it onto YouTube. You can even practice with the conductor, who just happens to be renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). You have a chance to be included in the collaborative video of Tan Dun’s new piece, written just for this purpose. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, you could be selected to go to New York City to play Tan Dun’s piece in Carnegie Hall.
So what are you waiting for? It’s time to break out the didgeridoo you bought on your vacation to Australia — you know, the one your mom swore you would never use, but just had to have — and get to practicing! Tan Dun and Carnegie Hall are waiting.