Virtually Classical

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

You can practice your way to Carnegie Hall, or you can YouTube your musical ambitions. Yesterday, Google announced the YouTube Symphony Orchestra a new marketing project designed to take classical music out of pricey concert halls and bring it to the masses. It involves a series of organizations including Carnegie Hall, the San Francisco Symphony, and the London Symphony Orchestra. Today, Anastasia Tsioulcas, North American editor of Gramophone magazine, looks at what's in store.

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