One World Symphony Sets New Precedent By Inviting Thirty Elementary Violin Students From Harlem To Perform In Its James Coleman Young People's Concert

Thirty violin students from The Promise Academy in Harlem's Childrens' Zone performed Gustav Holst's Mars from The Planets with One World Symphony. The complete program included Holst's The Planets, Stan Grill's world premiere Pluto, and Jihwan Kim's world premiere orchestrations of U2's hit and spiritual songs One, Pride, and Where The Streets Have No Name.

Many orchestras across the country present popular music to market to attract a younger audience. One World Symphony's James Coleman Young People's Concert engaged elementary violin students by inviting them to perform with the symphony. The enthusiastic and diligent students were prepared and taught by Julianne Carney and Sung Jin Hong. Around sixty professional musicians and thirty elementary students performed in memory of One World Symphony's principal violist James Coleman (1972-2005), a generous humanitarian, vibrant personality, promising songwriter, passionate musician, and wonderful friend.