{"id":2173,"date":"2016-02-12T20:05:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afm47.org\/press\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2021-11-01T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:59:43","slug":"yola-goes-live-at-super-bowl-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afm47.org\/press\/yola-goes-live-at-super-bowl-50\/","title":{"rendered":"YOLA Harmony Project Goes Live at Super Bowl 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Student youth orchestra performs with Coldplay during the big game\u2019s halftime show<\/strong><\/p>\n

Classical music gained some major cool points on Super Bowl Sunday when members of Harmony Project’s Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) led by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel performed during the halftime show with Coldplay.<\/p>\n

Their instruments brightly painted in colorful psychedelic patterns, the young players, all aged 17 and under, danced out on stage with Chris Martin at the start of the show. They performed standing, jumping, feet flying, creating an energetic wall behind the band as they performed Coldplay\u2019s hits \u201cViva La Vida,\u201d \u201cParadise,\u201d \u201cAdventure of a Lifetime\u201d and \u201cFix You.\u201d By the end of the set, the orchestra cast aside their instruments and took to simply singing and cheering along, faces beaming all the while.<\/p>\n

Watch the video here, courtesy of NFL Network:<\/p>\n