NATE STROTHKAMP’S PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on February 3, 2020

Congratulations to Nate Strothkamp, winner of Portland Youth Philharmonic’s 2019 Concerto Competition. As part of his prize, he will perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold‘s Violin Concerto with the orchestra on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Skyview High School and Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

We asked Nate to share some of his favorite music in his PYP Playlist.

What is your... Read More ›

PYP’S WINTER 2020 SOLOIST NATE STROTHKAMP

Posted on January 15, 2020

Congratulations to Nate Strothkamp, winner of Portland Youth Philharmonic’s 2019 Concerto Competition. As part of his prize, he will perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold‘s Violin Concerto with the orchestra on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Skyview High School and Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Nate is a sixteen-year-old violinist from Portland, Oregon. He began playing at age five with Edie... Read More ›

BEN PRICE’S PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on January 13, 2020

16-year-old oboist Ben Price is currently a member of PYP. They joined our organization in 2016, as part of our Conservatory Orchestra. Ben is a sophomore at Grant High School.

We asked them to share some of their favorite music in their PYP Playlist.

What is the first classical piece that you remember hearing?

My earliest memory of classical music is hearing... Read More ›

Hear Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony

Posted on November 9, 2019

11.9.2019 - Portland Youth Philharmonic and Musical Director David Hattner perform Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Filming/Videography/Editing: The AV Dept.

Beach’s Gaelic Symphony was the first full length orchestral work published by an American woman composer in 1896.

The Boston Symphony premiered The Gaelic Symphony to great acclaim, but more than 100 years later, we believe this will be... Read More ›

Hear PYP Perform William Grant Still’s ‘The Far West’ from ‘The American Scene’

Posted on December 7, 2018

11.10.2018 - PYP and Musical Director David Hattner perform William Grant Still’s The Far West from The American Scene in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

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