Google is putting together a YouTube Symphony Orchestra that will take to the Carnegie Hall stage in five months to perform.
For the first time together Chinese composer Tan Dun's Internet Symphony No. 1, Eroica. Classical and non-conventional musicians can submit YouTube videos of themselves playing Tan's composition and a piece of standard repertoire in order to get into the orchestra. Judging will be done by a panel of experts appointed by Google and by the YouTube community.
“This is the first online collaboration of its kind," said Timothy Lee, product marketing manager for Google, adding, “classical music is hungry for innovation."
Sheet music for the pieces is available on YouTube in PDF format, along with individualized conductor video featuring Tan conducting each part -- so, if you're a timpanist, you can download Tan conducting the timpani part just for you. Instructions are available in 17 languages to put much of the world's classical talent on the same page, so to speak.
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