America the Beautiful for Orchestra

NYO-USA performs America the Beautiful, the final encore of the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut on July 22, 2014, under the direction of David Robertson. Watch additional highlights from this concert at: http://bit.ly/1nCz8oF America the Beautiful's lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music was composed by Samuel A. Ward. This arrangement, by Philip Rothman, was commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 2014 NYO-USA. _____________________________________ Each summer, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute brings together the brightest young musicians from across the country (ages 16-19) to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). In 2014, following a two-week training residency with leading professional orchestra musicians, these remarkable teenagers were joined by conductor David Robertson and violinist Gil Shaham for an eight-city coast-to-coast US tour. To learn more about NYO-USA, visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/nyousa. _____________________________________ Video Director: Habib Azar Associate Director: Jay Millard Stage Manager: Carole Shure Technical Director: James Sapione Score Reader: Nicholas DeMaison Cameras: Matt Bockelman, Hiram Becker, and Andrew Trost Video Engineer: Steve Robinson Audio Courtesy of WQXR Listen to the full broadcast archived on the WQXR website at http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/national... Music "America the Beautiful" Composed by Samuel A. Ward, with lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates Arranged by Philip Rothman