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Musicians submitted videos of themselves performing repertory staples as well as a new work composed for the occasion: the Internet Symphony No. 1 "Eroica" by Tan Dun, who wrote the sound track for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...
...Virtual Orchestra Tilson Thomas, who made the final selection for the April 15 concert, says the project is one way to "widen everyone's conception of what classical music is," a point he'll underscore with an eclectic program including works by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Villa-Lobos, John Cage, Tan Dun and the DJ-composer Mason Bates. He hopes the project will demonstrate how important the genre is to people of different ages, nationalities, backgrounds and professions - and that performers will learn how to use the Internet and YouTube to better market themselves, just as budding writers can blog...
...program during a classical-music summit at Carnegie Hall from April 12 through 15. They've already had a chance to study the repertory in online master classes hosted by professionals like Maxine Kwok-Adams, a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra, who offers bowing tips for the Tan Dun piece...
...rave reviews from participants) will be compiled into a mash-up video to be shown on April 15, to coincide with the concert. And audience members will be permitted to videotape the Carnegie event. (Look for clips - where else? - on YouTube.) In an interview on the YouTube Symphony site, Tan enthuses about the possibilities offered by the Internet. "There are oh-so-many invisible Beethovens behind YouTube," he says...
...from my puzzle which was published in The New York Times in 2007. (Looks over her puzzle, which she has just had signed by Will Shortz). The clue is “Beachgoer wearing bug spray” and the answer is “Off on a tan gent.” The theme was splitting up words unexpectedly.RR: That’s a good one. So, what was it like to meet Will Shortz today?ER: Oh golly! So nice to meet him. Golly, he’s God!Douglas I. Goodman ’97, Winner...