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How did the YouTube Symphony Orchestra get to Carnegie Hall? Internet, internet, internet (and we suppose some practice, too). Last night an orchestra comprised of musicians from 33 countries came together under one roof to perform for a sold out audience, and they all auditioned via YouTube. The Daily News reports that they met in the city for the first time just 5 days prior to the big night, and practiced 12 hours a day until the curtain went up.
The NY Times reviewed the show, and they say the potpourri program, consisting of "movements and excerpts from 15 wildly diverse works," went "quite well." Unsurprisingly, there are already a few YouTube videos up from last night's show—you'll notice the abundance of visuals in all of them (which include audition videos), but the Times noted it was distracting. The paper also has hopes of the project becoming permanent, in which case, perhaps Nathan Currier should get a future YouTube troupe to perform his piece.
