I clicked on this link wondering what I was going to hear for the next hour. Contrary to what I thought it was magnificent and captivating. While the music played, I pondered what the musicians were thinking. For a lot of the musicians, playing in the YouTube Symphony Concert is the dream they aspire to, and for those that were able to reach that goal, it is their greatest accomplishment of their careers. I found the music ingenious, creative, and alluring to my mind and mood at time I was listening. I learned at a young age how elite Carnegie Hall was and what a privilege it would be to perform any kind of art there. Considering the exclusiveness of those hand-selected to perform in Carnegie Hall I was overjoyed with what I saw. It was almost as if I knew the musicians, I felt proud they were all at the peak of their careers, and I was able to witness it. What I appreciated most was the amount of cultural diversity. It was like the United Nations under one building, absolutely heavenly. I could only imagine how thrilled the musicians must have felt to be chosen and playing with those of comparable if not better talent. The first piece was inviting and set the tone of what was to come. The audience was engaged, waiting, and wanting more. Or perhaps that was just me. You could tell that the orchestra and conductor were thoroughly enjoying the music they were playing. The gentlemen that played the large drums, which I think are called the tympani, was exceptionally fixated in his position, the camera seemed to enjoy him as well. Although he left me in question, inquiring why he put his ear next to the drum once the piece concluded. The second piece got the party started; if your attention was slipping away, it was most definitely grabbed back at this moment. It was a percussion piece that I truly appreciated! I believe that percussionists need to have a strong sense of concentration and precision, and that’s one of the reasons that I find it fascinating to watch. In the beginning, I was not foreseeing to like this piece at all because I was displeased when the guitar started playing in the beginning. Nonetheless, aside from the guitar, there was such variety of percussion instruments. It started with a very unusual instrument, the best way I can describe it is as a tribal whistle, and if I am not wrong it’s called the ocarina (I think that was probably my favorite part of this piece). They also use very odd instruments to play during the piece. I was blown away with the lady from the video, and I notice that the timber of the marimba from the video was different then when she played in stage. The guitar didn’t seem to fit, however, as time went on, I began to see where it was qualified. Sounds of all the percussion instruments