by Eve Goodman | Jun 25, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, PYSO in the News, Uncategorized
Read on for more news from PYSO Alumni! PYSO alumna Cynthia Marr Busch (Violin/1972-75) and PYSO Second Violin Coach Peter Snitkovsky (whose daughter Natasha is an alumus of PYSO – violin 1988-93) were honored as this years’ retirees from the Pittsburgh Symphony...
by Eve Goodman | Jun 21, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, Uncategorized
They’ve all participated in one of the five PYSO international concert tours in the past fourteen years! Mark Debski (Oboe/2010-13) is the newly appointed Principal Oboe of the Richmond Symphony. When asked what he remembers most about his PYSO days, these are...
by Eve Goodman | Jun 20, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, Uncategorized
PYSO recently heard from two (tuba) alums from our early days. They are still very active in the music scene here and abroad! Frederick J Young (Tuba/1949 to 1954) is a retired CMU professor of electrical engineering who still plays the tuba. (Here he is pictured with...
by Eve Goodman | Apr 16, 2018 | Alumni News, Uncategorized
Colin Gatwood (PYSO oboe/1979-80) has been second oboe with the Houston Symphony since 1993. Zsolt Zavodszky (PYSO violin/2001-05) is working in architecture in Pittsburgh but still takes out his violin to “jam” on jazz standards with friends. Zsolt writes...
by Eve Goodman | Mar 11, 2018 | Alumni News, In the News, Performances
March 3 & 4 saw a collaboration of PYSO connected musicians in New York: PYSO brass coach George Vosburgh soloed in the Hummel Trumpet Concerto with the Greenwich Village Orchestra, conducted by former Music Director Barbara Yahr (1991-94). Two PYSO alumni played...
by Eve Goodman | Feb 26, 2018 | In the News, Students in the News, Uncategorized
Two PYSO members have successfully auditioned for and been accepted into the prestigious National Youth Orchestra Festival of the USA (NYO-USA) that is sponsored by Carnegie Hall in NYC. Congratulations to violinist Devin Lai and bassist Rachel Martin! This year, the...
