''Forbidden City Tour'' (french: La tournée de la Cité interdite, ) is an

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(ECMA)-winning album by the

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(NBYO), released in 2007 (see

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). It was recorded in summer of 2007 at the

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, China and released on October 28, 2007 at

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and is the third album released by the youth orchestra. All tracks were conducted by principal conductor Dr. James Mark.

Track listing

Awards and nominations

''Forbidden City Tour'' won an

in 2008 for the Classical Recording of the Year category. The orchestra opened the 2008 show.

References

2007 classical albums New Brunswick Youth Orchestra albums {{2000s-classical-album-stub