Announcement

Apply now to audition for TRYPO this May 2022 to become a 2022-23 season member! Young musicians ages 12-18 join our Young Peoples Orchestra, Symphonette, Wind Symphony, and Percussion Ensemble to make music each week with other kids who love music!

Congratulations to Becky Mack, winner of this season’s Young Peoples Orchestra Concerto Competition! Becky will perform the Strauss Oboe Concerto at the spring concert on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Heinz Hall. We also want to congratulate all of our musicians who competed! Keep reading to learn more about Becky and the competition experience! Q: How long have you studied the oboe? I switched from flute to oboe in 8th grade, so approximately five years! Q: Why did you choose the oboe? I chose the oboe because it had a fuller sound than the flute, and it was much more …

TRYPO is pleased to host the 2022 PMEA District 1 Orchestra Festival and TRYPO’s Winter Concert both in the same weekend! We even picked the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Ballroom as our venue to leave enough space for a socially distanced audience. Learn more about each concert by clicking the links below! Saturday, January 15 at 5:00 PM – PMEA Concert Sunday, January 16 at 5:00 PM – TRYPO Winter Concert We also welcome the opportunity to invite exhibitors for the weekend events. We expect as many as 1200 attendees that include teachers and music educators and middle through …

As the holidays swiftly approach, we’re excited to share last season’s full Winter Showcase video with you! Please enjoy festive and classic performances, including Sleigh Ride and pieces by Tchaikovsky and Eric Whitacre featuring YPO, Symphonette, Wind Symphony, and Youth Chamber Connection. Share the 2020-21 season accomplishments with your family and friends, and mark your calendars for our first performance back with a live audience on January 16, 2022! <   Click here to view the Winter Showcase from the 2020-21 season on YouTube. Click here to view the Spring Concert video recording from the 2020-21 season on YouTube.

Last Giving Tuesday, our amazing supporters helped us reach our goal and then some, unlocking all the campaign levels and creating the Beautiful Together Quartet. To say thank you the best way we know how, the quartet came together to record a mesmerizing set of Duke Ellington tunes for you to enjoy! (A couple of the titles are pretty appropriate for how we’ve been living since March 2020.)  Click here to navigate to YouTube to listen to the playlist, and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel! The Beautiful Together Quartet is: Jeremy Black, violin Irene Cheng, violin Andrew …

The 2020-21 Season was packed full of music, musical kids, and… our favorite word… PIVOTS!

We want to congratulate TRYPO staff member Eric Baker for being named the Outstanding New String/Orchestra Teacher for 2021 by The Pennsylvania – Delaware String Teachers Association! Mr. Baker has been working with TRYPO since the 2018-2019 season as a Program Assistant. He supports TRYPO for in-person gatherings, ensuring all spaces are ready for rehearsals, leading chamber group coaching sessions and so much more! “It has been great to work with so many amazing people in the Pittsburgh area over the past few years, all coming together to make such wonderful music and experiences,” Mr. Baker says.  To see all …