The audience joins musicians of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony on stage during “InsideOut” at DiMenna Center in New York on October 28, 2017.
Conductor David Bernard, who leads the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in New York, has launched a bid to re-envision the traditional orchestra by bringing the audience directly onto stage. Adding dozens of chairs, the orchestra lets ticket-holders sit among the musicians, following underneath Bernard’s baton instead of staring at his back. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Shaun TANDON and Diane DESOBEAU, “Seeking new audience, conductor turns orchestra ‘inside out'” (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)