Virtual PYSO Update
This past Sunday PYSO Music Director continued his virtual meetings with PYSO Students, FaceTiming with two cello players and an oboist. He met with Sophie Meloy (this is her first season with PYSO) who has been working on the...
Young PYSO Alum and NYO2
Charlie Loh who played violin with PYSO from 2011 to 2014 has been accepted into NYO2! What is NYO2? Outstanding young American instrumentalists form NYO2, a free orchestra program that comes together alongside NYO-USA and NYO Jazz each...
Miró Quartet and the Beethoven String Quartets
In this podcast from WQED, which aired on March 11, Jim Cunningham interviews PYSO alumnus Joshua Gindele (cello 1989 to 1994) whose father Jerry was also a long-time member of the PYSO Board of Directors and served as President. Joshua Gindele...
PYSO continues to make music…
Despite the stay at home orders most of us are needing to follow because of the current health implications of COVID-19, PYSO Music Director has offered up his time to meet with students virtually! Using FaceTime or SKYPE Earl met on Sunday evening (during...
Alum David Singer Shares his PYSO Experience
Recently we heard from PYSO Alum, David Singer. Mr. Singer was a member PYSO from 1966-1970 and played principal clarinet. He is now retired, after 40+ years in Public School Education, as a k-post secondary teacher and a school principal. During that time he...
Ray Chen Visits PYSO Rehearsal
After a weekend of spectacular performances of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra world-renowned violin virtuoso Ray Chen spent a hour with PYSO members and guests from TRYPO on the stage of Heinz Hall on Sunday evening, February 16....
PYSO Welcomes New Members
PYSO welcomes ten new students to its ranks in the second semester including the upcoming concert tour of the Baltics and Scandinavia! Pictured here left to right in the front row are Rose Lischner (bassoon) and Rebecca Mack (oboe) and in the back row left to right...
PYSO Members Lead Pre-Concert Activities before PSO Fiddlesticks
Two PYSO members led pre-concert activities before the PSO Fiddlesticks performance on Saturday, February 1. Seen in the photos with eager young fans are flutist Alexa Drecnik and French horn player Cheyenne Halderman. Cheyenne is a recipient of a PYSO College...
PYSO Student in Masterclass with Julian Bliss
On January 22, 2020, PYSO member Nick Murawski participated in a masterclass with Julian Bliss at the Johnstonbaughs Music Center. Julian Bliss is a world renown clarinetist "excelling as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, jazz artist, masterclass...
Fundraiser for PYSO’s 2020 Tour to the Baltics and Scandinavia is Now Online!
You can now participate in this fundraiser from anywhere! Family and friends can now donate to show support for PYSO and it's individual members. To participate, visit https://pyso.org/campaigns/painted-violin-fundraiser/ or look for the "Painted Violin...