Tonight, Friday, July 9 at 7 PM Jim Cunningham and WQED Radio features Amanda Kengor (harp) and Katie Liu (piano), PYSO’s 2020 Concerto Competition winners in WQED’s Performance in Pittsburgh Series! In May of 2020 Amanda and Katie were all set to perform at Heinz...
We recently heard from Rob Harris, a PYSO alum and professional violinist who currently resides in Australia. Rob sent PYSO the following message before Sunday’s virtual concert, and captures the same uplifting spirits channeled during Towards the Sun: All...
This Friday, March 5, Amanda Kengor (harp) and Katie Liu (piano), PYSO’s 2020 Concerto Competition winners’ will be featured on WQED Radio at 7 PM in their Performance in Pittsburgh Series! Last May Amanda and Katie were all set to perform at Heinz Hall in PYSO’s 2020...
Diani Shi, PSYO alum (2006-2009 and concertmaster in 2008-09!) has been busy! After PYSO she graduated from Princeton, then graduated from Harvard Medical School, and now is a resident physician at the Harvard hospitals in Boston. She continued to play violin in...
This fall the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be releasing a 5-episode series, Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience. Each episode will include music, history, and interviews aimed to connect communities not only in Pittsburgh, but globally. Episode 3,...
We recently heard from Andrew Griffin, who played viola with PYSO from 2003 to 2004. Andrew is currently playing viola for the new Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. Andrew wrote in to tell us about some of his favorite PYSO...
Schedule: 2:00 PM – Orientation for all members (returning and new) 2:30-4:30 PM – Sectionals 4:30 PM – dinner served by the PYSO Parents’ Association 5:30-8:00 PM – Full orchestra rehearsal (Parents may sit in[...]
