Wind Symphony

Join TRYPO for the 2023-24 season! Choose from several ensembles for beginner to advanced musicians, ages 7-19: Young Peoples Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble, Symphonette, Tutti Strings Auditions will take place in person in May/June 2023, with an option to submit video auditions for extenuating circumstances. Visit our website to see audition dates by instrument and learn more!

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we are highlighting all the amazing women composers that have works included in our 2022-23 season. Learn more about Yukiko Nishimura, Jessie Montgomery, Julie Giroux, and Valerie Coleman: Yukiko Nishimura, Composer/Pianist, was born in Japan. She graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts in 1990. In 1991, she began private study with Dr. Alfred Reed at the University of Miami, and in 1993 she continued her studies with Dr. Richard Danielpour at the Manhattan School of Music. Among her honors is a special mention at the 15th and 26th International Competition for Original Band Composition …

Join us Saturday, March 4th, 11th, and 18th at Duquesne University‘s Mary Pappert School of Music for our FREE Wind Symphony and Percussion Ensemble open rehearsals led by Robert Traugh, Composer, and Paul Evans. Don’t miss out on the fun! Register now: https://trypo.org/ws-pe-open-session-rsvp-form/  

On February 17-19, 2023, members of TRYPO’s Wind Symphony and Symphonette ensembles traveled to Washington, D.C., to play a concert with the ISO @ Third Street Symphonic Band and Musicians from the United States Air Force Band. Read more to hear about everything the musicians got up to during the trip, including musical and sightseeing opportunities! The musicians from TRYPO and the ISO @ Third Street Music started their day on Saturday by heading to the Bolling Air Force Base, where they enjoyed coaching sessions and clinics led by musicians from the United States Air Force Band. After lunch, everyone …