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I had the pleasure of interviewing Olivia Burik about her experience winning a scholarship in the annual Women’s Advisory Board scholarship competition at Duquesne University. Watch the interview below! – Shantanique Moore, Marketing and Operations Assistant Click here to read Duquesne University’s announcement of Olivia’s win from March 10, 2021!  

Back in March, Marketing and Operations Assistant Shantanique Moore interviewed Juliana Matteo about her experience with Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Read the interview and check out a video of Juliana playing an excerpt from Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land by John Thomas below. • • • SM: Hi, Juliana! Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me. We are so happy and proud of you for your recent success in the Westmoreland Symphony’s Young Artist Competition! Could you provide a little info about the competition? JM: It is a local competition in Greensburg, …

We are thrilled to announce Pierce Cook will be our next Symphonette Conductor! You may know him as the director of orchestras at Mellon Middle School in Mt. Lebanon, where he hosted the District 1 Jr. High Honors Orchestra in 2018. Mr. Cook brings with him experience building and sustaining youth programs and has already started brainstorming ways to incorporate community service as well as programming music composed by a diverse range of composers with the rest of TRYPO’s artistic team. “Andrew Wickesberg’s work with Symphonette has proven that excellence and fun are not mutually exclusive but are, in fact, …

Join us for this free online event where representatives from summer camps and music-making opportunities across the country present overviews of their in-person and virtual programs for young musicians. After you hear about their offerings, representatives will be available in break-out rooms. You may visit as many as you wish to ask questions and learn more!