In Thursday’s (1/12) New York Times, Daniel J. Wakin writes, “Ireland has one. Norway has one. Sweden has one, and it will be at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 26. Even Iraq has one. … Now Carnegie Hall … is establishing the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, it said Wednesday. The reality is a bit less grandiose than the name. The orchestra will convene for three weeks in the summer and consist of musicians from ages 16 to 19. The first two weeks will be spent rehearsing on the campus of Purchase College of the State University of New York, in Westchester County. Then comes the payoff: performances at that college’s performing arts center and the Kennedy Center in Washington, and a tour that will take the orchestra to Moscow, St. Petersburg and London, all with the noted conductor Valery Gergiev on the podium. The first session will take place in July 2013. … Students will audition through videos, and will be able to apply online at carnegiehall.org/nyousa. Travel for the tour and lodging will be paid for, and there is no tuition, though players have to make their way to Purchase. The program will run from June 30 to July 23. Eligible players must audition again to rejoin the next year.”
Posted January 12, 2012
