Topic 2: Youtube in Education
For the most part, posting a video of yourself playing a piece of music, whether it be yourself in a band, or simple solo – can be rewarding. Many people who watch your video will be happy to give you constructive comments, although these comments will range from total praise, to technical advice, to insults, possible fights between the people commenting, and stuff that is neither constructive nor insulting (just non-relevant).
A great example of how YouTube has been put to practical use for aspiring musicians in the last few years is a phenomenon known as the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
The YouTube Symphony Orchestra was launched in 2008, and is an orchestra that is made of musicians who have auditioned via posting their audition on YouTube. Every year, the orchestra reviews a new round of auditions, and whoever plays best wins a place for that year. (If you pass the audition one year, doesn’t necessarily mean you win it the next year.)
Anyone can audition – just like anyone can watch YouTube. YouTube Symphony does not require any plane flights to the audition; it does not require the stress of having a wasted trip for nothing. It allows its auditionees to audition within the comfort of their own surroundings – ranging from their home concert halls to their own bedrooms. They perform better, and they perform more honestly.
In 2010, Following this online auditioning for and voting process, the YouTube Symphony initiative selected 101 orchestral musicians and soloists (including four Australians) from thousands of applicants in over thirty countries to come together in performances held at the Sydney Opera House and broadcast live via satellite to YouTube viewers all over the world. The participants were coached in a week of rehearsals with San Francisco-based conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and mentors from the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra. Many of the pre audition tutorials were on YouTube.
E.g. for Trumpet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8lThg4YZ8
‘The worldwide audience figures announced and confirmed a total of 33 million people watched the YouTube Symphony Orchestra finale. This includes 11.1 million live streams of the three-and-a-half-hour event, displacing rock band U2 as the most-watched live music concert online. After the initial live presentation, a further 19.1 million streams followed in the next 24 hours. Approximately 2.8 million people tuned in on mobile phones: the biggest-ever YouTube mobile live stream.’
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/252414,youtube-symphony-attracts-33-million-views-worldwide.aspx
It’s an example of the extreme of how YouTube can be put to good practical use for musicians. I know I will certainly audition for 2012!
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