PYPFEST COMPOSER: JEFF SCOTT

Posted on October 26, 2020

Jeff Scott, a native of Queens, NY, started the French horn at age 14, receiving an anonymous gift scholarship to go to the Brooklyn College Preparatory Division. An even greater gift came from his first teacher, Carolyn Clark, who taught the young Mr. Scott for free during his high school years, giving him the opportunity to study music when resources... Read More ›

PYP is excited to welcome Giancarlo Castro D’Addona as conductor of PYP’s Wind Ensemble

Posted on January 29, 2020

Portland Youth Philharmonic is proud to announce Giancarlo Castro D’Addona as conductor of the Portland Youth Wind Ensemble!

An award-winning composer, conductor, and trumpet player, D’Addona is recognized as one of the most outstanding artists to have emerged from Venezuela’s acclaimed El Sistema music education program.  As a conductor, he has led many orchestras and chamber music groups, including the Simón Bolívar Orchestra in... Read More ›

PYP’S WINTER 2020 SOLOIST NATE STROTHKAMP

Posted on January 15, 2020

Congratulations to Nate Strothkamp, winner of Portland Youth Philharmonic’s 2019 Concerto Competition. As part of his prize, he will perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold‘s Violin Concerto with the orchestra on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Skyview High School and Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Nate is a sixteen-year-old violinist from Portland, Oregon. He began playing at age five with Edie... Read More ›

AMY BEACH AND THE “GAELIC” SYMPHONY (Part 1 of 9)

Posted on October 9, 2019

Amy Marcy Cheney, ages 2 and a few years older.  Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham.

PYP performed Amy Beach‘s Gaelic Symphony on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Click here to watch our performance.

Introduction and Amy the Pianist

If asked to name a female American composer, many people with a passing familiarity with classical music history will... Read More ›

AMY BEACH AND THE “GAELIC” SYMPHONY (Part 2 of 9)

Posted on October 8, 2019

Amy Beach n.d. (maybe around 16?) courtesy Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham.

PYP performed Amy Beach‘s Gaelic Symphony on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Click here to watch our performance.

Amy the Composer part 1

Amy couldn’t help it; she started composing at age 4, with four little songs she came up with all in her head... Read More ›

AMY BEACH and THE “GAELIC” SYMPHONY (Part 3 of 9)

Posted on October 7, 2019

Dr. and Mrs. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach, Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham.

PYP performed Amy Beach‘s Gaelic Symphony on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Click here to watch our performance.

Amy the composer, part 2

Perhaps because of the gender-based response she got from some reviewers for her Mass, even with only that one major work to... Read More ›