NEW YORK — The first-ever YouTube Symphony Orchestra, with 96 musicians from over 30 countries culled from over 3,000 submissions online, met to perform in Carnegie Hall after two and a half days of intense rehearsals. The live performance was conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. LD Alan Adelman and lighting programmer Paul Sonnleitner lit the performance using grandMA gear to control the moving lights, LEDs and other lighting gear supplied by Scharff Weisberg. Obscura Digital supplied the video gear.
“We chose the grandMA for this because we needed a fast way to control the moving lights and LEDs,” said Sonnleitner. “Alan has lit Carnegie Hall on many occasions, and it was a great experience using the grandMA with talent as diverse as the YouTube Orchestra. This was so well received and seen by so many people on the Internet—more than could ever actually attend Carnegie Hall.”
Although Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium seats 2,804, the total number of visits since YouTube’s Symphony Orchestra channel was launched late last year has topped the 15 million mark.
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