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For Black History Month, we want to start off by telling you a bit about two fantastic living composers – Omar Thomas and Kelijah Dunton – and what inspired them to write some incredible pieces of music. We are excited for our students to be performing these works this semester! Omar Thomas’ piece “Of Our New Day Begun” was written to honor the nine people who lost their lives to an act of hate and domestic terrorism that occurred in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015. Throughout the piece, you can hear …

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 …

A native of Pittsburgh, Kathleen Melucci holds the Principal Cello position with the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra and  Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh. Kathleen holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Mannes College of Music. Her major teachers include Bernard Greenhouse, Steven Doane, and Timothy Eddy.  In addition to her orchestral positions, Kathleen is an active freelancer, chamber musician, and educator.  Kathleen is a member of the Artistic Staff at the Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestras (where she was a member at age 10), Youth Chamber Connection, and maintains a thriving private cello studio. A committed Suzuki teacher, Kathleen has …

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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 …

Since today is Veterans Day, this is the perfect time to find patriotic songs to enjoy! Check out this Classical Veterans Day Playlist compiled by the Houston Symphony. They even included background information for each piece and its composer so you can really enjoy the music to the fullest. From Sousa to Gershwin, the playlist is full of fun tunes! You can listen here.