A Musical Spring for Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Ensembles

The Spring performance calendar is quite full this season for the ensembles of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) when nearly 400 student musicians will participate in concerts. In addition, on Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m., WRTI 90.1 will broadcast the February 21, 2016 PYO ensemble performance of the 118 student orchestra that took place in Verizon Hall stage at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets and more information, visit pyos.org or call 215.545.0502. Tickets for concerts performed at The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, can be purchased through Ticket Philadelphia: 215.893.1999.

Here are the dates of the upcoming concerts:

Saturday, May 14, 2016 – 3 p.m.

Philadelphia Region Youth String Music (PRYSM)

PRYSM - 9th Annual Festival Concert, Gloria dePasquale, Conductor

PRYSM Young Artists, Jessica Villante, Conductor

Centennial Hall – The Haverford School, Haverford, Pa.

Tickets: $15 General Admission

Program:

Gershwin Lullaby

Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22

Meyer Bailes para Orquestra

Saturday, May 21, 2015 – 3 p.m.

TUNE UP PHILLY (TUP)

6th Annual Festival Concert

Paul Smith, Director

Temple Performing Arts Center

1837 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa

FREE ADMISSION

Sunday, May 22, 2016 – 3 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA (PYAO)
21st Annual Festival Concert
Rosalind Erwin, Conductor

Young Artists Solo Competition Winner, Esther Kim, Violin

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

Tickets: $10 - $20

Program:

Rossini Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia

Hanson Symphony No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 30, W45, "Romantic"

SECOND ANNUAL YOUNG ARTISTS SOLO COMPETITION WINNER

Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Saturday, June 4, 2016 – 7:30 p.m.

BRAVO BRASS

13th Annual Festival Concert

Paul Bryan, Conductor

Saint Mark’s Church

1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Tickets: $15 General Admission

Program: “Hollywood Brass”

Sunday, June 5, 2016 – 3:00 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
76th Annual Festival Concert and Announcement of Ovation Award Winner

Louis Scaglione, Conductor

Peter Richard Conte, Organ

Joel Collier, Euphonium

Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

Tickets: $15 - $25

Program -- All Philadelphia Premieres:

Barber Tocata festiva, Op. 36

Szentpali Symphony concertante for Euphonium and Symphony Orchestra

Higdon Blue Cathedral

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

About The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Organization

Now in its 76th year, the renowned Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization, led by President and Music Director Louis Scaglione, is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected community music education and youth orchestra performance programs, providing talented young musicians from across the tri-state area with exceptional musical training. Students go on to excel in many diverse fields and it is with pride that PYO notes that many members of the prestigious Philadelphia Orchestra are alumni. The organization is comprised of five independent ensembles designed to meet specific needs and experience levels of students selected through a competitive audition process. The anchor group is the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) ensemble, conducted by President and Music Director Louis Scaglione, featuring 125 gifted instrumentalists who range in age from 14-21. Young musicians 10-18 years old are featured in the PYO’s companion ensemble, the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra, which is led by Director and Conductor Maestra Rosalind Erwin. Bravo Brass, directed by Curtis Institute Dean of Faculty and Students, Paul Bryan, is an all brass ensemble for promising high-school instrumentalists. PRYSM (Philadelphia Region Youth String Music) and PRYSM Young Artists ensembles provide string ensemble and sectional master class instruction for beginning and intermediate musicians ages 6-17. The director and conductor of PRYSM is Gloria DePasquale, cellist with The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor of PRSYM Young Artists is Jessica Villante. Tune Up Philly (TUP) is the organization’s after-school program, directed by Paul Smith, that offers musical instruments and instruction to children in economically challenged areas of Philadelphia. www.pyos.org.

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