DAVID HATTNER’S DECEMBER PLAYLIST

Posted on December 1, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on David’s Twitter every #MusicMonday.

Read his past playlists here on the PYP blog.

I thought I would start with a clip from a German film about Johann Sebastian Bach. This scene represents his first meeting with Frederick the Great. Frederick wanted to... Read More ›

DAVID HATTNER’S NOVEMBER PLAYLIST

Posted on November 5, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on David’s Twitter every #MusicMonday.

We are busy preparing our music for the Concert at Christmas already. Here is a preview of the very famous music we will be playing!

Johann Strauss Jr. wrote many famous pieces. One of his most beloved is... Read More ›

DAVID HATTNER’S OCTOBER PLAYLIST

Posted on October 1, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on David’s Twitter every #MusicMonday.

This month, I would like to feature Leonid Kogan, one of the finest violinists of the 20th century. Not as well known in the USA as Heifetz and Oistrakh, Kogan was as highly regarded among Russians as any... Read More ›

DAVID HATTNER’S SEPTEMBER PLAYLIST

Posted on August 31, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on David’s Twitter every #MusicMonday.

For this month, I thought I would include a work I have long admired by American composer Colin McPhee. Tabuh Tabuhan, which roughly translates as percussion ensemble, was inspired by McPhee’s study of Gamelan music of Bali. I hope... Read More ›

PYP’S NEW PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE MADE POSSIBLE BY PORTLAND PERCUSSIONIST LEO LESTER BROWNE

Posted on July 10, 2018

95 years ago, pioneer violin teacher Mary V. Dodge established the Portland Junior Symphony to provide high quality music education and training for young musicians throughout the Pacific Northwest. Renamed the Portland Youth Philharmonic in 1978, PYP continues to uphold the standards that Dodge established in 1924 when this orchestra became the prototype for all youth orchestras across the country.

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DAVID HATTNER’S JULY PLAYLIST

Posted on June 29, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on Twitter on #MusicMonday.

I thought I would highlight some interesting and unusual solo instruments this month. Let’s start with one of the fathers of American brass playing, Tuba player Bill Bell. Bell was born in 1902 and raised playing in... Read More ›