PYP News
AUERBACH & MARTINŮ OBOE SOLOIST MAX BLAIR
Posted on April 8, 2019
PYP alumnus (2008) Max Blair, now Associate Principal Oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony, returns to Portland to perform Bohuslav Martinů’s beautiful Oboe Concerto with PYP on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Max’s appearance is sponsored by PYP alumna (1943) Vlasta Becvar Barber.
Max Blair joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Associate Principal Oboe in 2016. He has... Read More ›
PYP alumnus Charles Crabtree’s 2019 Fundraising Breakfast Speech
Posted on March 22, 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual Meet the Musicians Fundraising Breakfast on March 20, 2019. French horn coach and PYP alumnus Charles Crabtree (2009) was our guest speaker at the event. Below please find a transcription of his speech.
Good morning everyone. I am honored to be here to share with you my experience of the power of music to... Read More ›
Doris McCain Loder Gives to Future PYP String Players
Posted on February 13, 2019
Doris McCain joined the Portland Junior Symphony in the fall of 1942 when she was a 7th grader in Oregon City. She rose in the ranks and eventually shared the first stand second violins with Jane Bugbee for two seasons, PJS’s 22nd and 23rd. Dory, as she is known, is an accomplished violinist and violist. She had the good fortune to... Read More ›
How Mr. A Influenced My Life
Posted on February 12, 2019
By Walter Maddox (PJS 1950-55)
At my oral exam at Juilliard (1958), I appeared before the entire Composition Faculty. They tried to fool me, asking, “What is this music?” I looked it over quickly and said, “This looks like Schubert, but it isn’t. It’s Brahms’ Serenade in D. Early Brahms. I’ve played it.” I learned it with the Portland Junior Symphony, Jacob... Read More ›
Reminiscences of My Musical Life
Posted on February 11, 2019
By George Alderson (PJS member 1958-63)
It was the Portland Youth Philharmonic that inspired my interesting musical life. Now at the age of 74 I look back on many years of making music – at times as a professional, at other times as an amateur. I met my wife, Frances, through music (she is a pianist in private life). I’m not a graduate of any... Read More ›
SEASON 94 GRADUATING SENIORS
Posted on June 4, 2018
Congrats to all of our graduating seniors this season!
PYP is proud of all of our more than four dozen graduating seniors. Many thanks to those who shared their plans for next year with us.
Caeden Brusett, PYP Bass
Caeden will be attending Oregon State, studying Mechanical Engineering.
He has traveled to Europe and the east coast multiple times, plays four instruments in total,... Read More ›
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