RCM student becomes internet star
Following a lengthy selection process, RCM postgradute student Owain Williams has been selected as one of just two UK representatives in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Owain will now be heading for New York's Carnegie Hall, where he will take part in a performance of a new piece specially written by Tan Dun, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Owain recorded his audition in the RCM percussion studio. He was one of just 200 finalists selected by professional musicians, before a public vote secured his seat on the plane to New York.
Click here to see footage, filmed in the RCM's Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, of the moment Owain received the call telling him he was going to New York.
