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YouTube Symphony Orchestra Set To Debut At Carnegie Hall

Posted by Soulskill on from the riaa-already-drafting-dmca-notice dept.

theodp writes "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Then, audition on YouTube. When a 10-year-old Hannah Tarley asked to get her ears pierced, her mom told the aspiring violinist she could if she performed at Carnegie Hall. Seven years later, using a computer placed atop several volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 17-year-old Hannah filmed herself playing Brahms' Symphony No. 4 to audition by video for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. On April 15, Hannah will make her debut with others who made the cut at New York City's Carnegie Hall in a concert conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony."

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  1. Nice trick by the mom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To get a tattoo she has to land on the moon.

    1. Re:Nice trick by the mom by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 5, Funny

      Someone convince that girl to get a labia ring and we'll either have warp drive or the first woman president by 2027.

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  2. Rewards by Translation+Error · · Score: 5, Funny

    It warms the heart to see that all that talent, hard work, and effort can have the massive payoff of pierced ears at the age of 17.

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    1. Re:Rewards by scottrocket · · Score: 2, Funny

      The reason may have been shallow - but it was Brahms, and somewhere, Spock is smiling.

  3. Old Media reporting on uses of New Media... yawn by darpo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Girl uses YouTube to broadcast videos of herself. News at 11.

  4. Sound quality by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Youtube and consumer mics can have pretty horrible sound quality -- seems like a pretty bad way to audition for a position on an orchestra.

    1. Re:Sound quality by Mononoke · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Youtube and consumer mics can have pretty horrible sound quality -- seems like a pretty bad way to audition for a position on an orchestra.

      Talent still comes through, though. Quality recording equipment doesn't make a performance any better, because you can't polish a turd.

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    2. Re:Sound quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, they managed to polish turds on Mythbusters.

    3. Re:Sound quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      But you can cover the Mona Lisa with shit.

  5. Re:That Waldstein... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Full disclosure: A certain amount of envy is part of this comment, since I only picked up this Sonata to study after the deadline had passed. But I still think I could do better.

    Don't let envy get the better of you; there'll be other opportunities. One day you might get to have your ears pierced too.

  6. Re:Pushy parent by I'm+just+joshin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really takes pushy mum to the next level doesn't it?

    Whereas your mum would be happy just to get you out of the basement and living on your own.

  7. blurry, underexposed, shaking live concerts by heroine · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll be the first concert without any lights, with half the orchestra shifted off the stage, with everything always out of focus, & with only 1 note you can actually hear.