The All-Star Orchestra Wins 8th and 9th EMMY Awards
The multi-Emmy® Award-winning All-Star Orchestra received its 8th and 9th awards at the 64th Annual New York Emmy® Awards Ceremony of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Award: Special Event - Edited
The All-Star Orchestra’s “From Italy and Hungary with Love,” a program featuring Mendelssohn’s beloved “Italian” Symphony No. 4, and Kodály’s orchestral showpiece, Dances of Galánta was awarded in the category: Special Event - Edited with Gerard Schwarz as Music Director, Abib Azar as Director, Dmitriy Lipay and Sascha Lipay as Audio Producers, and Andrew Mayatskiy as Editor.
In honor of Veteran’s Day Weekend, All-Star Orchestra kicks off collaboration with U.S. Marine Band
A unique collaboration: the All-Star Orchestra’s Gerard Schwarz conducts the U.S. Marine Band – America’s oldest continually performing musical ensemble – founded by an act of Congress in 1798, and dubbed “The President’s Own” by no less than Thomas Jefferson. Three programs feature the most famous concert band masterpieces, including works by Gustav Holst, Percy Grainger, William Schuman, and of course John Philip Sousa.
Strings: The All-Star Orchestra Shines in a New Season
When you hear “all star,” it’s usually baseball diamonds—not concert halls—that are likely come to mind. But [All-Star Orchestra's] inclusive celebration of the “best of the best” embraces a mega ensemble that unites principals and concertmasters from a host of American orchestras—30, in fact.
Seattle Times: ‘All-Star Orchestra’ premieres classical music on TV
Schwarz’s post-Seattle passion project, “The All-Star Orchestra” debuted in 2014, bringing together 95 top orchestral musicians from across the country to perform no-audience, in-studio concerts, shot with 18 high-definition, roaming cameras. The series satisfies Schwarz’s lifelong desire to bring classical music to a broader audience.