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USF flutist up for YouTube orchestra
You can vote for David Le, a sophomore at the University of South Florida, one of a dozen flute players who are finalists to play in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. If Le wins, he will head off to Australia in March to play with the online orchestra in concerts at the famous Sydney Opera House.
The flutists' auditions are posted on YouTube. They play excerpts of orchestra works by Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. You can view Le's audition and vote for him here.
YouTube users, who can vote once per video, once a day until 23:59 EST on Friday, will help Tilson Thomas cull the 300+ shortlist hopefuls down to a final list of 96 musicians who will play in the Sydney concerts.
Le, 19, who graduated from Robinson High School in Tampa, studies flute with Kim McCormick at USF and plays piccolo in the school's symphony orchestra under Bill Wiedrich.
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