Beautiful -- YouTube and Carnegie Hall are holding online auditions for the "world's' first collaborative online orchestra":
In short, YouTube is offering a new twist on the familiar formula of how to get to Carnegie Hall: Practice, practice, upload.
From the Washington Post, YouTube Announces Auditions for Its Own Symphony Orchestra
You can even download the score for the audition piece, "Internet Symphony No 1: Eroica."
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