DAVID HATTNER’S AUGUST PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on August 1, 2017

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

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony may be the most recorded of all symphonies. Over the 100 years since the first recording of this symphony, made by the Berlin Philharmonic and the great Artur Nikisch nearly every major conductor and orchestra... Read More ›

Twality Middle School Orchestra Director Wins PYP’s Teacher of the Year Award

Posted on April 27, 2017

Twality Middle School Orchestra Director Dave Lewis was awarded PYP’s 2016-2017 Eugene Kaza Music Teacher of the Year. The Eugene Kaza Award, named in honor of an alumnus and music teacher who helped shape today’s PYP with his advanced orchestra classes, celebrates music teachers of Portland Youth Philharmonic musicians who go above and beyond to inspire, educate, and instill excellence and... Read More ›

MUSIC MONDAY: HATTNER’S JANUARY PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on January 2, 2017

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

I thought a very short playlist, highlighting two spectacular young bands would be nice for this month.

MUSIC MONDAY: HATTNER’S December PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on December 5, 2016

This month, I am going to post recordings of music I have referred to in my rehearsals. While rehearsing Tomáš Svoboda’s wonderful Symphony for PYP’s Season 93 Fall Concert, I referred to music of Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů.

Janáček’s Sinfonietta was a work I discovered on an album which also included Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis. Here is a performance by Sir Charles Mackerras, who... Read More ›

MUSIC MONDAY: HATTNER’S November PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on November 7, 2016

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

This month, I would like to explore some ensembles and soloists outside of the regular classical music canon. Great virtuoso musicians and ensembles have been around in Jazz for a long time. There are many great examples on... Read More ›

PYP Rehearsing Svoboda’s Symphony No. 2

Posted on November 3, 2016

Portland Youth Philharmonic and Musical Director David Hattner rehearsing Tomáš Svoboda’s never-before-heard Symphony No. 2.