Hi guys--I thought of this class while reading this, especially when somebody brought up LO's problems and said that at one point they took on pretty much anybody, even at lower levels of training. (Was that Marian? I was REALLY tired that day, so I didn't remember everything.) Anyway, I thought this was a sort of positive version of the same thing, with half of the members of this orchestra coming from outside NY and from other orchestras around the country.
Another thing that caught my eye was the fact that they're making this into a TV show. While I'm not much of a television watcher myself, this may be worth a try for traditional orchestras to get publicity and audience members, since television is the country's premiere form of entertainment. Not sure either way, but it's nice to see that people are branching out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/arts/music/all-star-orchestra-records-series-for-wnet.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=arts
This seems like a really great concept! Musicians will be attracted to these performances/programs because they know there will be phenomenal music involved and because they will recognize some of the big names. And non-musicians will hopefully be interested because they will understand that these musicians are the best of the best, and rarely is such a group gathered.
ReplyDeleteSounds really cool! I am sure interested in this for the oppurtunity. It kind of reminds me of the concept from the TV show Glee. Glee had exposed this generation to music from musicals and pop music from the earlier generations like the 50s and 60s. Maybe this show will have the same effect but in another way.
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