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.

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DAVID HATTNER’S JULY PLAYLIST

Posted on June 29, 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 thought I would highlight some interesting and unusual solo instruments this month. Let’s start with one of the fathers of American brass playing, Tuba player Bill Bell. Bell was born in 1902 and raised playing in... Read More ›

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 ›

DAVID HATTNER’S MAY PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on May 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.

It is a good time to pay tribute to one of America’s greatest geniuses in any field, Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein’s biography is familiar enough. He was known around the world as a composer, conductor, pianist and educator. Few... Read More ›

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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 ›

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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 ›