NYO-USA Performs Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra” with Marin Alsop

Watch Marin Alsop lead NYO-USA in a performance of Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra,” commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
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For the fifth summer, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) has brought together the brightest young players from across the country to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). Following a comprehensive audition process and a three-week training residency with leading professional orchestra musicians, these remarkable teenagers embark on a tour to some of the great music capitals of the world to serve as dynamic music ambassadors. In 2017, the orchestra traveled to Latin America with conductor Marin Alsop and performed a program that included a new Carnegie Hall-commissioned work by Gabriela Lena Frank and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. In 2018, NYO-USA will return to Asia for a tour with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Learn more about NYO-USA and apply to be a part of the 2018 orchestra by visiting carnegiehall.org/NYOUSA.
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Director: Habib Azar

[@bgjobass]

Once more, Maestra Marin Alsop does a world class job bringing every nuance of this musical gem to life.

[@bgjobass]

Outstanding composition. It’ll be a blast to bring it to life.

[@caseymonarch2871]

What an absolutely gorgeous and riveting work! I can just hear the story of the apu.

[@LakhnBer]

A gorgeous piece of music. As I write there are some twelve thousand views; there should be twelve million. -- But I tortured myself about the time signatures. First section -- 7/4 (3-2-2)?

[@VegHui]

I like the dancing flautist (4th chair)

[@danielwalker2381]

That is actually 2nd chair haha