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"East Meets West" on May 3
2:00 PM at Heinz Hall
 This concert will feature 2008 PYSO Concerto Competition winner Jeremy Malvin performing the third movement from Creston's Concertino for Marimba.
Music Director Daniel Meyer and PYSO will also perform three pieces that they will be taking on tour to China in June: Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, contemporary Chinese composer Tian Zhou's The Palace of Nine Perfections, and "The Montagues and The Capulets" from Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet, Suite No. 2.
Send an email requesting tickets - include your name, mailing address, and number of tickets requested.
Concert length is approximately 2 hours with intermission. Appropriate for school age students and older.
General admission and open seating.
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China Garden Party & Bon Voyage
PYSO's "China Garden Party" is set for Sunday, May 25 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM in the afternoon when you can join Honorary Chair Joanne Rogers in wishing "Bon Voyage" to Daniel Meyer and PYSO as they make the final preparations for their China Tour. Co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, the afternoon will include Chinese-inspired appetizers, entertainment, prizes, drawings, cash bar, and music provided by small ensembles of PYSO members throughout the outdoor plaza area and in the Grand Lobby at Heinz Hall. For ticket information please email or call 412-392-4872. China Garden Party tickets can also be purchased online.
As Pittsburgh's Junior Ambassadors to China, PYSO will be performing in some of the finest concert halls of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong - as well as on the Great Wall of China! The two-week tour (June 16-30, 2008) promises to be a once in a lifetime musical and cultural experience for these talented young musicians!
It is our goal that PYSO continues to include the finest student musicians in the Pittsburgh area, regardless of their ability to afford the costs of an overseas tour. The cost of the tour to the students is substantial and many of our students will need financial assistance. We ask you to consider making a donation that will be designated specifically to the China Tour. You can donate online with your credit card.
PYSO students themselves are also working to defray the cost of their trip through a project sponsored by the PYSO Parents Association. The Painted Violins and Other Intriguing Instruments raffle features over a dozen instruments decorated by local Pittsburgh artists. You can view these artistic projects and purchase tickets through the PYSO website. Raffle ticket proceeds will benefit PYSO 's China Tour fund.
We hope that you will join in this effort to provide an unparalleled experience to our outstanding student musicians. |
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Bravo! and Thanks to our
China Tour Sponsors
and Major Tour Donors!
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Corporate Sponsor
Eaton Corporation
Corporate Co-Sponsor
In grateful acknowledgement of
Major Donors to PYSO's Concert Tour of China
and Tour Scholarship Fund:
The Heinz Endowments
Joanne Rogers
Estate of Helen Volkwein
Citi Foundation
Equipment and Controls Africa
Owen Cantor
McFeely-Rogers Foundation
Karen Miller
National City Bank
Patricia Prattis Jennings
Florence and Justin Johnson
Nancy Scarton
Rachel and Ritchie Tabachnick
Michael Zeglinski
Buncher Family Foundation
Frances DeBroff
Janet K. Ferrell
Craig Johnson
Edison and Ruth M. Montgomery Fund
of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Gretchen Van Hoesen
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Media Sponsor
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Auditions for 2008-09
Annual auditions will take place at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh in May. Advanced students up to and including college age may apply. Each audition will consist of a solo that you choose and specific orchestral excerpts. Auditions may include scales and/or sightreading. Audition times are scheduled in advance after audition application form and audition fee have been received.
Woodwinds
Monday, May 12, 2008
6:00 to 10:00 PM
Brass, Percussion, Harp
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
5:00 to 9:00 PM
Viola, Cello, Bass
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
5:00 to 9:00 PM
Violin
Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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This newsletter is being sent to you by the staff of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra:
Craig Johnson, Executive Director
Daniel Meyer, Music Director
Eve Goodman, Program Manager
Georgina Gutierrez, Tour Manager |
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