YouTube Symphony Orchestra Set To Debut At Carnegie Hall

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."

Nice trick by the mom

[Anonymous Coward]

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

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[eclectro]

Dude, we've been to the moon already. We're trying to get to Mars now.

Maybe a lip piercing could get us to the nearest star system even.

Re:Nice trick by the mom

[Shadow of Eternity]

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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[K. S. Kyosuke]

Somehow you managed to stir my interest in Icelandic girls...

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[Kjella]

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

The latter you could have gotten with a few more votes to Hillary. I'll take the warp drive thank you (it does come with a holodeck too, right?).

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[yascha]

To get a dog, her mom has to become President of the United States.

Rewards

[Translation Error]

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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[eclectro]

It also warms the heart knowing that the mother was able to take the college money and use it on herself.

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[scottrocket]

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

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[noidentity]

If she'd waited one more year until she was 18, she wouldn't have had to waste all that time learning to play the violin at all! Kids these days, so impatient...

Old Media reporting on uses of New Media... yawn

[darpo]

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

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[Shadow of Eternity]

4 times, and forgets /. doesn't give a damn about military time. News at 4pm.

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[Shadow of Eternity]

Troll gets fed, forgets slashdot is not 4chan. News at 5pm.

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[interstellar_donkey]

Everyone dies. That and the 2009 Farm Dere tractors on the 5AM farm report.

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[10Neon]

Slow news day or what?

Sound quality

[PhrostyMcByte]

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

Re:Sound quality

[Mononoke]

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.

Re:Sound quality

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, they managed to polish turds on Mythbusters.

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[Golddess]

Why is this modded funny? It's true! [youtube.com]

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[ciderVisor]

You can't polish a turd.

I tried that........and it's true. :(

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[CookedGryphon]

You could try varnishing it first, I reckon you could get a pretty good shine up.

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[Anonymous Coward]

But you can cover the Mona Lisa with shit.

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[interstellar_donkey]

You can, but you can still see talent through crummy recording devices. That girl is talented (well, more talented than anyone I've known or seen live as an amateur), despite the 'computer on top of some books' recording studio.

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[artor3]

No, but you can roll it in glitter.

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[MarkRose]

because you can't polish a turd

Oh yes you can [random-good-stuff.com]!

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[rasteri]

Quality recording equipment doesn't make a performance any better,

Actually, yes it can - especially in woodwind or brass instruments. There's a lot of subtle high-frequency stuff going that won't get picked up in a low-fi environment, and that's where much of the skill in playing a complex wind instrument resides. You often don't hear little mistakes the musician is making until you hear a high-quality version of a previously low-quality mp3, for example.

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[Fumus]

I'm only guessing here, but if the video isn't laggy, they could simply see how well she can handle the music instrument.

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[Mononoke]

Done right, the judges will have closed their eyes and listened for pitch, meter and expression, all of which will come through Youtube just fine.

That Waldstein...

[marco.antonio.costa]

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. ;-)

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[Anonymous Coward]

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.

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[marco.antonio.costa]

Parents can be cruel. :|

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[phantomfive]

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.

So what, it's not like it's that great of a prize. She'll do it, have fun and be forgotten. If you are really that talented keep it up and you'll have people inviting you to play because they actually want to hear you, not because you won some publicity contest.

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[interstellar_donkey]

And that's just it. It's a publicity contest. Really, a sort of novelty. If somehow they manage to get something really special they might start doing it every year. But no matter what happens nobody gets hurt, a bunch of people get a trip to New York, and get to perform at a world famous venue.

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[marco.antonio.costa]

I was talking about piano category winner, I thought violin girl was pretty good.

Thanks for the encouragement though. :D

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[Lictor]

Since you've picked up the Sonata to study anyways, when can we look forward to a video of your better performance (with correct tempi, of course)?

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[marco.antonio.costa]

Very soon now, very soon... >:-)

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[account_deleted]

Comment removed based on user account deletion

Re:Pushy parent

[I'm just joshin]

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.

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[FooGoo]

I don't think it's pushy. Everyone needs goals and it's not like mum said you can't eat or leave the house unless you play Carnegie Hall.

Revenge of the...

[K. S. Kyosuke]

...audiophile nerds?

You know

[Sir_Lewk]

I must say, the kid sounds pretty damn good.

Interesting, but not significant

[quercus.aeternam]

The Youtube Symphony Orchestra itself is somewhat interesting; performing at Carnegie Hall is not.

The openness of submissions is somewhat interesting. It is very normal for auditions of this sort to be conducted through recordings, though.

As for performing at Carnegie Hall, it is actually quite insignificant - all it takes is money and a little skill. IMO as a musician, any (classical) musician worth his salt should have little trouble getting to Carnegie Hall (Perhaps I am deluded, but I have had opp

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[Anonymous Coward]

IMO as a musician, any (classical) musician worth his salt should have little trouble getting to Carnegie Hall (Perhaps I am deluded, but I have had opportunities to perform there, and I have never felt as if it were anything special).

While it is true that Carnegie Hall hosts fairly common performances, such as high school choral performers, it is also true that it has hosted many musical greats [wikipedia.org]. It is, after all, just a performance hall, albeit an excellent-sounding one, having been there many times.

Unlik

blurry, underexposed, shaking live concerts

[heroine]

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.

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[DavidChristopher]

You've obviously never been to The Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
An unlit, shifted, out of focus, annoyingly distorted orchestra would be an improvement.

Worst. Venue. Ever.

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[T Murphy]

The official video will be from a shaky handheld somewhere on the far left side of the auditorium, and be next to a bunch of people that like to talk over the performance.

INCREDIBLE!!!

[Sfing_ter]

That's INCREDIBLE!!! People still have Encyclopedias in analog format in their homes?? How 1990's...

Symphony for Youtube?

[argent]

I'd love to see a symphony orchestra play this [youtube.com].

Colbert method

[HTH NE1]

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, bees!