MEET AARON GREEN, WINNER OF PYP’S 2018-19 SOLOIST COMPETITION

Posted on September 28, 2018

Aaron Greene is the winner of PYP’s 2018-19 Soloist Competition. He will perform the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, on PYP’s tour to Redmond, OR and Corvallis, OR, and in our free Preview Concert and Live Stream on Monday, November 5, 2018 in Pacific University’s Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center.... 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 ›

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 ›

Meet the two-time Runner up of PYP’s biennial Piano Concerto Competition Aveek Ganguly

Posted on November 9, 2017

Aveek Ganguly is the two-time Runner up of PYP’s biennial Piano Concerto Competition in 2015 and 2017. He will perform Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra on Sunday, November 12, 2017, in the Skyview Auditorium.

Aveek Ganguly is currently a senior at Westview High School, Beaverton.  He started his piano lessons at the age of eight... Read More ›