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FOR RELEASE: March 4, 2009
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Trumpeter Colin Oldberg named to
International
YouTube Symphony
EVANSTON—Trumpeter Colin Oldberg has been named to the
YouTube Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble project representing
a unique marriage between classical music and technology. Oldberg
is a senior, studying with Barbara Butler, and also performs
with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Musicians worldwide were invited to audition for the You Tube
Symphony by posting videos of a performance to YouTube. The
more than 3,000 submissions from both professionals and amateurs
were screened by members of the London and San Francisco Symphonies
and the Berlin, New York, and Hong Kong Philharmonics. They
narrowed the pool to 200 performers and voters on YouTube then
selected the final participants.
The 90 plus winners hail from more than 30 countries and range
in age from 17 to 55. They will participate in three days of
master classes and rehearsals in April plus an April 15 concert
at Carnegie Hall, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, music director
of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Tilson Thomas said, “We are very excited about the talent,
variety, and adventureousness of the musicians who are coming together
from around the world to form the YouTube symphony.”
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