PYP News
DAVID HATTNER’S JUNE PLAYLIST
Posted on June 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 Twitter on #MusicMonday.
In addition to being one of the finest musicians in history, Antonín Dvořák critically influenced the music of the United States. In fact, it was Dvořák, who pointed Americans toward what their music could be, and eventually... Read More ›
CELEBRATE MEI-ANN CHEN!
Posted on April 11, 2018
6.23.2004 - PYP and then Music Director Mei-Ann Chen performing Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade Mélancolique, with guest soloist Portland Junior Symphony alumna Marylou Speaker Churchill in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.
Marylou played in PJS from 1956-64 and was Concertmaster from 61-64. She served as Principal Second violin of the Boston Symphony for 23 years, and was a member of that orchestra for 30 years.... Read More ›
TCHAIKOVSKY’S 4TH PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL CRESTON’S CONCERTINO FOR MARIMBA & ORCHESTRA
Posted on February 5, 2018
Nathan Coffman, winner of the 2017-18 PYP Concerto Competition, will perform Paul Creston‘s Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra with PYP on Saturday, March 3, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Paul Creston was a self-taught composer who wrote many different works, from symphonies to film scores. Frédérique Petrides, the founder and conductor of Orchestrette Classique (an all-women orchestra), asked Creston to... Read More ›
Hear PYP Perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
Posted on December 8, 2017
11.11.2017 - Portland Youth Philharmonic and Musical Director David Hattner performing Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
PYP SPOTLIGHT: Symphony & Annie
Posted on September 1, 2017
Congratulations to PYP musicians Symphony Koss, violin, and Annie Zhang, cello, who were among 60 young musicians in the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute at the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C.
They performed two concerts, for one of which Symphony was concert master, and both musicians performed a Mendelssohn Octet in the Kennedy... Read More ›
Composer Tomáš Svoboda Attends Season 93 Fall Concert
Posted on November 13, 2016
Portland’s Czech-American composer Tomáš Svoboda attended PYP’s Season 93 Fall Concert on Saturday, November 12, 2016 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Mr. Svoboda heard the world premiere of his Symphony No. 2, performed by 110 outstanding young musicians of the Portland Youth Philharmonic.
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