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

    Actually, they managed to polish turds on Mythbusters.