by Eve Goodman | Dec 31, 2018 | Alumni News, Uncategorized
Barbara Khristi (nee Stolp, Violin 1967-73) pictured above playing with her granddaughter who “played for the Los Angeles Opera when she was 12!” shared just a few of her favorite PYSO memories…”I was surrounded by so much talent and was given so many opportunities. I...
by Eve Goodman | Dec 21, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News
Recent PYSO Alums who are pictured above, Maggie Caballero (Violin 2014-17), Anna Gorske (Violin 2015-18) and Lena Ison (2016-17) joined us last Sunday, December 16 at PPG Gardens for Holiday Strings featuring members of TRYPO and PYSO performing holiday classics with...
by Eve Goodman | Oct 4, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, Uncategorized
Joseph Molinaro (Violin 1998-2001, pictured above) is the definition of troubadour. In Spring and Summer he plays 40 to 50 concerts of his unique solo violin songs around the world, traveling by motorcycle from city to city. During the school year he teaches music and...
by Eve Goodman | Sep 21, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, PYSO in the News, Uncategorized
Michael Scheimer (Horn 2005-08 and pictured above with and A-Young Lim Scheimer performing Verdi’s Requiem Mass in Viterbo, Italy) is a manager at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott and has been Second Horn with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra since 2013…“We got...
by Eve Goodman | Sep 17, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, Uncategorized
Kevin Silmore (Violin 2010-2012) is getting his PhD in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Of his PYSO days he fondly remembers, “Spending time with friends during the breaks…(carpooling) to Heinz Hall was a great experience…The trip to...
by Eve Goodman | Sep 13, 2018 | Alumni News, Events, In the News, PYSO in the News, Students in the News
The Appalachian Trio formed in the summer of 2017 under the direction of concert pianist Dr. Marina Lupinacci recently won the 1st prize in the ensemble category for the Best Dvorak Performance in the Great Composers Competition in 2018! Who are the Appalachian Trio?!...
