DAVID HATTNER’S MARCH PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on March 2, 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 am very pleased that Huw Edwards (PYP Musical Director 1995-2002) will return to guest conduct some music from England for our Pictures at an Exhibition performance on Sunday, May 6, 2018. George Butterworth‘s A Shropshire Lad was... Read More ›

MEET NATHAN COFFMAN, WINNER OF PYP’S 2017-18 CONCERTO COMPETITION

Posted on February 4, 2018

Nathan Coffman is the winner of the 2017-18 PYP Concerto Competition. He will perform Paul Creston‘s Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra with PYP on Saturday, March 3, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Nathan Coffman, a senior at Southridge High School (SRHS), is Principal Percussionist of the Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) and the first percussionist to win the PYP Concerto Competition... Read More ›

MEET HANAMI FROOM, RUNNER-UP OF PYP’S 2017-18 CONCERTO COMPETITION

Posted on February 3, 2018

Hanami Froom is the runner up for the 2017-18 PYP Concerto Competition. She will perform the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn‘s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 with PYCO on Sunday, February 18, 2018, in Vancouver, WA’s Skyview Auditorium.

Hanami Froom is an eleven-year-old violinist. Hanami has been studying violin from the age of two, and is currently a student of Carol... Read More ›

DAVID HATTNER’S FEBRUARY PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on February 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 every #MusicMonday.

Very soon, PYP will begin working on Maurice Ravel’s orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. performance. This arrangement was first performed by the orchestra in February of 1955. At the time, the work challenged the... Read More ›

Voices of Light - Panel Discussion

Posted on January 29, 2018

To set the stage for Camerata PYP’s Voices of Light performance, All Classical Portland and PYP live streamed a conversation with Richard Einhorn, the composer, David Hattner, the conductor, and Amy Borden, Associate Professor of Film Studies at Portland State University, and All Classical Portland’s Suzanne Nance on Wednesday, January 24.

ILLUMINATING VOICES OF LIGHT

Posted on January 19, 2018

Portland Youth Philharmonic’s chamber orchestra, Camerata PYP, will present Voices of Light in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Friday, January 26.

NOTE: This performance is intended for MATURE audiences due to scenes of torture and violence.

The libretto for Voices of Light is a patchwork of visions, fantasies, and reflections assembled from various ancient sources, notably the writings of medieval female mystics.... Read More ›