Hear PYP perform Modest Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’

Posted on May 3, 2021

5.6.2018 - Portland Youth Philharmonic and Musical Director David Hattner perform Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel) at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

With guest conductor Huw Edwards. Edwards served as PYP’s Musical Director from 1995 to 2002.

Click here to read our in-depth program notes about this piece.

ALUMNI UPDATE: JESSE TATUM

Posted on October 21, 2020

A CAREER IN MUSIC & SOCIAL WORK By Jesse Tatum (Prep 1995-1996, PYP 1996-1997)

Playing in PYP under Huw Edwards inspired me to pursue music as a career. I graduated from The San Francisco Conservatory with a degree in Flute Performance, then received my Master’s in Flute Performance at the University of New Mexico.

My first job was Acting Piccolo with the El Paso... Read More ›

CELEBRATE HUW EDWARDS!

Posted on April 26, 2018

12.26.2013 - The 2013 Portland Junior Symphony/Portland Youth Philharmonic Alumni Orchestra performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco under Guest Conductor Huw Edwards.

Use code Edwards to purchase a ticket to our Pictures at an Exhibition performance and get one free*! To do this, visit this page of the PYP website, click the blue ‘Buy Tickets’ button, and select two seats (or any number of... Read More ›

PROGRAM NOTES: George Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad

Posted on April 11, 2018

PYP will perform A Shropshire Lad on Sunday, May 6, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Program notes written by Huw Edwards, Guest Conductor and PYP Music Director from 1995 to 2002.

Having attended the Royal College of Music in London as an organ scholar—where he assisted Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams with their research into English folk music—Butterworth returned to... Read More ›

PROGRAM NOTES: Gerald Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto

Posted on April 10, 2018

PYP will perform Clarinet Concerto with Musical Director David Hattner as soloist on Sunday, May 6, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Program notes written by Huw Edwards, Guest Conductor and PYP Music Director from 1995 to 2002.

The music of English composer Gerald Finzi music embraces a rich variety of moods, from elegiac lyricism, spiritual reflection, a neo-Baroque purity,... Read More ›

Huw Edwards returns to the Schnitzer stage with PYP

Posted on March 9, 2018

Huw Edwards will guest conduct Gerald Finzi‘s Clarinet Concerto (with soloist David Hattner!) and George Butterworth‘s A Shropshire Lad on Sunday, May 6, 2018, in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Huw Edwards is now in his 15th Season as Music Director of the Olympia Symphony—which coincides with the Orchestra’s 65th anniversary year.  There has been a continued sense of excitement in Olympia about Huw’s tenure... Read More ›