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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.

#GiveBigPittsburgh is Tuesday, November 30, 2021! Save the date to give to your favorite nonprofits!

Join us for an open house rehearsal for our Wind Symphony and Percussion Ensemble on Saturday, November 6. You can find more details about each ensemble and sign up for the open house using the links below: Wind Symphony Percussion Ensemble

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!

Introducing a new segment of TRYPOsphere…TRYPOtalks! In this online series, we’ll invite special guests to focus on topics relevant for young musicians, including Audition Preparation and a Juried Performance event, all viewed through the lens of contemporary life in 2020. All TRYPOtalks are free for TRYPO students and a suggested $5 donation for non-members. Our first TRYPOtalk! is on November 11 at 7:00 PM with Chelsea Sharpe of New World Symphony focusing on Audition Preparation. Click here to get more info about the series line-up and to register!

TRYPO is hosting a free string excerpt Audition Clinic for middle and high school music students on Saturday, March 30 from 11:30 am-12:30 pm at Duquesne University’s Mary Pappert School of Music.   The clinic will provide students with an opportunity to work on YPO string excerpts for the upcoming YPO auditions with professional coaches from TRYPO’s Symphonette program. Coaches will play excerpts, share tips, and talk about how to practice. Students should bring their instruments.  Please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/TRYPOAuditionClinic The clinic is open to the following instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass Participating Coaches: Violin – Irene Cheng & Rachel StegemanViola – Katelyn PirothCello – Kathy MelucciBass – Amanda Rice-Johnston TRYPO 2019-20 audition info and …