YouTube Symphony Orchestra Set To Debut At Carnegie Hall 69
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."
Sound quality (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Sound quality (Score:5, Insightful)
Talent still comes through, though. Quality recording equipment doesn't make a performance any better, because you can't polish a turd.
That Waldstein... (Score:2, Insightful)
Didn't like it one bit... But the other contestants were all over the place too. Allegro con brio is NOT Presto. Or Prestissimo in some cases. Brrr....
Lesser of a bunch of evils, I guess.
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. Shit. Did it again, sorry. ;-)