Young Peoples Orchestra

Help us celebrate our 2022 graduating musicians by learning more about them. Today, we feature Kaydence, who plays Trombone in Wind Symphony and Young Peoples Orchestra. She has been a TRYPO member for four years and joined to have the opportunity to play alongside other musicians outside of her school district. Her favorite memory was the first time she performed at Heinz Hall when TRYPO presented Carmina Burana. Kaydence is graduating from Mount Lebanon High School and plans to attend Youngstown State University, where she will major in electrical engineering and minor in music. Kaydence’s advice for future TRYPO musicians …

Join TRYPO for our spring concert, Brand New Way, on Saturday, May 28, at Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. The program features Sibelius’s “Suite for Violin” with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra member Irene Cheng and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” with vocalist Dr. Zuly Inirio from UniSound’s Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence program. Becky Mack, Young Peoples Orchestra 2021-22 Concerto Competition Winner, will play an excerpt from Strauss’s “Oboe Concerto”. Composer and former TRYPO member Hannah Ishizaki will conduct the premiere of “Miniatures,” a string ensemble piece commissioned by TRYPO.

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!

We love to hear from our TRYPO Alumni about what they have been doing since their time with us. Today we connect with Jimmy Cunningham. Jimmy used to play viola in our Young Peoples Orchestra ensemble and also participated in Youth Chamber Connection (YC²). (Jimmy’s mom, Laurie Cunningham, founded and managed YC² up until this season.) Jimmy writes about everything he has accomplished and what he is up to now: Hi friends!! I loved my time in TRYPO as YPO principal viola (2012-2014), and I loved playing chamber music from 8th-12th grade with TRYPO’s Youth Chamber Connection while attending CAPA. Since …