The audition requirements for PRISMA have been expanded. Students are welcome to choose the suggested audition repertoire or may use any other audition video to apply for PRISMA as long as this video has some orchestra excerpts. If you have a video for your university or for another summer program that shows your musical abilities, feel free to use it.
Arthur Arnold made his conducting debut with the visiting Moscow Symphony Orchestra in 2001 at Amsterdam’s prestigious Concertgebouw, where the conductor famously descends through the audience on a staircase from the balcony level, then through the orchestra and over to the podium, surrounded by applause and anticipation. It was an extraordinary moment for Mr. Arnold, who, as a 14-year-old, had snuck into the same hall – darkened – and stood on the podium, dreaming of this.
