Apr 15 2009
Can’t make it to the performance tonight? Check out the cool video below:
YouTube Global Symphony Mashup
These are the finalists and winners who audtioned by submitting video performances of a new piece written by Chinese composer Tan Dun. Michael Tilson Thomas will be conducting this evening.
Dec 01 2008
This just in from YouTube Symphony
Download the sheet music; practice your part and you may win a chance to travel to New York and play at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. Cool.
And- check this out: you get your own personal conductor to practice the part you download. Here is a video of Tan Dun conducting just for the trumpets, trombones and tubas:
Feb 12 2008
If you didn’t get a chance to hear Morning Edition classical music commentator Miles Hoffman today on NPR, follow the link below to hear a wonderful story about how an unlikely video sharing service can be used in educating our students:
As a musician and a teacher, Hoffman says his YouTube interest is also piqued from an educational standpoint.
“What I realize from talking to students all over the country is that there are so many great artists that they have not only never seen, but never even heard of. I think it would be a wonderful idea for educators all over the country to make lists of suggested YouTube links for their students, so that they can be exposed to great performances of great music.”
