education has long been at the core of
what the New York Philharmonic is about
each season our educational programs
reach nearly 50,000 people in the
concert hall and in classrooms and
hundreds of thousands more online but
we're also a global orchestra the New
York Philharmonic has appeared in 432
cities in 63 countries and on five
continents
throughout its history now the New York
Philharmonic global Academy is helping
this institution become even more of a
resource for our community and for the
world launched in 2014 the New York
Philharmonic global Academy aims to
develop tomorrow's leading orchestral
musicians we're doing this through
worldwide partnerships offering
intensive training by our talented
musicians on location as part of dynamic
performance residences and right back
here in New York City in our home
environment the global Academy was
created following the launch of our
flagship collaboration with the Shanghai
Symphony Orchestra at the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music all coming
together to form the Shanghai Orchestra
Academy building on our success in
Shanghai the New York Philharmonic
global Academy is now establishing other
partnerships with like-minded
organizations to act on our commitment
to the art and craft of orchestral
performance after the exciting launch of
our first American global academy
partnership with Santa Barbara's music
academy of the West the project has now
grown with the addition of the Shepherd
School of Music at Rice University for
the 2015-16 season the global Academy
fellowship program a component of the
global Academy offers immersive training
right here in New York City alongside
New York Philharmonic musicians giving
these talented young musicians an
unparalleled window into the real life
of an orchestra musician's academy
students are selected by audition to
come to New York as Zarin Maita fellows
to take lessons from and to shadow
members of the New York Philharmonic
they perform in mock auditions they take
part in educational activities and to
rehearse and play alongside our very own
New York
harmonic musicians also here in our home
City Philharmonic Academy Junior offers
training of pre-college students 5
Philharmonic musicians in partnerships
with institutions here in New York
committed to strong orchestral programs
such as that harmony program and the
Hoff barbeque music school we've already
seen very exciting results so far from
our global Academy Initiative but most
rewarding has been the response from the
individuals the program has impacted
this program is just absolutely amazing
there's really nothing like it I got to
spend the week making music with people
who have been heroes for years and
people whose artistry I've just admired
for such a long time not only was the
orchestra so welcoming to all of the
fellows they reached out to us in so
many ways not only tips about our
playing but also tips about professional
things and things that will definitely
have a positive impact on future these
people are not only the best musicians
in the world but they're also the best
people in the world