PYSO Alumni and Amplified Currents, Festival of the Arts
PYSO Alum Hannah Ishizaki (Violin 2013-2017) recently reached out to PYSO, to let students know about an upcoming arts festival she and her colleagues have organized, Amplified Currents. The festival “is aimed at curating intimate performances and conversations...
PYSO Alum Special Beyond the Notes Guest!
For this week’s Beyond the Notes session, PYSO was joined by Michael Tsang, who not only holds a PhD. in Physical Therapy but is also a PYSO alum! Dr. Tsang played piano in PYSO from 2007-2011 before completing a dual degree program at...
Alum Spotlight: Mary Ann Ivan
A day at the office for Mary Ann Ivan. We recently heard from alum, Mary Ann Ivan, who was a percussionist with PYSO from 1982 to1983. Since then she has had a career as a Broadway pit musician, musical director, composer, and conductor. Here’s what she had...
Alum Spotlight: Jesse Rosen
Jesse Rosen, PYSO Alum (trumpet), and President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras was recently interviewed for Symphony Magazine’s Critical Questions column, which he created in 2008. Interviewed by Robert Sandla, Rosen discusses his lifelong...
The Miró Quartet to Live Stream performances of the Complete Beethoven String Quartets
Cellist and PYSO alum, Josh Gindele is a member of the Miró Quartet, an award winning string quartet which has performed all over the world. Founded in 1995, the quartet honors the legacy of the string quartet while finding innovative ways to use chamber music to...Upcoming Events
Oct
25
Sun
6:00 pm
PYSO Unsynced/Sectional/Studio C...
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PYSO Unsynced/Sectional/Studio C...
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Oct 25 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The evening will start with live recording of Unsynced in 3 takes: The first with Earl conducting; the second with Earl cueing important moments; the third recording “Free!” After recording session, break out into sectional classes: individual sectionals for[...]
Nov
1
Sun
6:30 pm
Beyond the Notes: Creativity and...
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Beyond the Notes: Creativity and...
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Nov 1 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Earl and Pius will select a few of the submitted works and spend the first half of class analyzing the selections. The second half of the class Earl and Pius will play a few of[...]
Nov
8
Sun
6:30 pm
PYSO Sectional/Studio Class
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PYSO Sectional/Studio Class
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Nov 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Starts with a full group session with Earl, then break out into individual sectionals for all strings, percussion, harp and piano. Woodwinds and Brass; Breakout Sectional Classes for individual instruments – flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,[...]