The Liverpool Philharmonic will play to 100 audience members on September the 14th 2007 in the virtual representation of their music hall on an island they have already purchased. The 100 audience members can only get in by winning tickets, something the article did not mention was how to win a ticket. During the concert they will be able to buy sweets from the refreshments shop and go to the bathroom. Boy, I bet those two spots will be packed.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra hopes to introduce classical music to a new audience when it performs to an audience of 100 ticket winners on September 14.

Vasily Petrenko, the youngest Principal Conductor in the Philharmonic’s 165 year history, will lead the orchestra as they perform works by Rachmaninov, Ravel and two contemporary Liverpool composers.

Petrenko, singer Kate Royal and composer Kenneth Hesketh will be represented during the cyber event by animated Second Life characters known as avatars. The ticket winners, also represented by avatars, will watch the concert live as audience members. Source: Liverpool Philharmonic to play Second Life

After the concert they will be able to meet Petrenko, Royal and Hesketh in a bar where they can ask them questions. The concert will be available to everyone the day after the concert. I will post a Second Life URL when it becomes available and I will try to find out how to win tickets to the concert.

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