CAMERATA PYP PROGRAM NOTES: LOUISE FARRENC: SYMPHONY NO. 3, OP. 36

Posted on May 11, 2022

Louise Farrenc, born Jeanne-Louise Dumont (1804-1875), studied the piano under famous teachers such as Hummel and Ignaz Moscheles and composition with Anton Reicha (teacher of Berlioz, Liszt and Franck among others). In 1842 she began a 30-year career as Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatoire. She was the only female professor at the... Read More ›

CAMERATA PYP PROGRAM NOTES: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO IN C MINOR, KV 491

Posted on May 11, 2022

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote only two of his many Concertos in a minor key. While the D Minor Piano Concerto is among the most performed of all, K. 491 in C Minor, which we hear today, is among the least performed of the ‘great’ Mozart concertos. It is unique among the... Read More ›

CAMERATA PYP PROGRAM NOTES: FELIX MENDELSSOHN: THE HEBRIDES, OP. 26

Posted on May 11, 2022

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) began writing The Hebrides at the age of 20. This remarkable work had already been preceded by multiple masterworks by one of history’s greatest musical prodigies. The Hebrides (sometimes called Fingal’s Cave) was called an Overture by Mendelssohn, although it was never meant to precede anything. It is truly an early effort at... Read More ›

James M. Stephenson: Suite of Suites (World Premiere)

Posted on July 12, 2021

4.10.2021 - The world premiere of James Stephenson‘s Suite of Suites performed by Portland Youth Philharmonic’s chamber orchestra, Camerata PYP.

This piece was commissioned by PYP as part of the Youth Orchestra Commissioning Initiative (YOCI). The initiative is a community built to connect youth orchestras and composers from across the country in order to create and share new music. Get to know Jim on the... Read More ›

Koharu Sakiyama

Posted on March 31, 2021

Camerata PYP will be premiering Koharu ‘s new piece Suite du Cirque on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 7:00 PM PT on PYP’s YouTube channel.

Koharu Sakiyama is a junior at West Linn High School. She has been composing since age five and currently studies with Michael Johanson. She has won 3rd place in the 2014 Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC)... Read More ›

HARUKA SAKIYAMA

Posted on March 31, 2021

Camerata PYP will be premiering Haruka’s new piece Garden March on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 7:00 PM PT on PYP’s YouTube channel.

Haruka Sakiyama is an eighth-grader at Athey Creek Middle School. She has been composing for fun for a couple of years, and has won in the 2020 OMEA Composition Competition, and was the Co-Champion of the 2021 OMEA Composition... Read More ›