Nearly 500 young musicians to perform in Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center.
The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute (PYOMI) presents their annual Showcase performance of all seven program ensemble divisions. The performance is hosted by Kevin Gordon of WRTI 90.1 and takes place on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Broad and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia, PA.
In a special lobby performance, Tune Up Philly - Orchestral Pathways Program (TUP) will be entertaining guests as they arrive. Some notable Tune Up Philly alumni will share how their experiences in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra prepared them for future ensembles. TUP is the PYO Music Institute's after-school music program, directed by Paul Smith. It focuses on creating and inspiring true community by providing children in under-resourced communities with opportunities to learn and perform a differentiated orchestral music curriculum. Also performing in this lobby performance will be Pizzicato Players, PYOMI's newest ensemble for plucked string instruments.
PYOMI President and Music Director Louis Scaglione is thrilled to present the seventh annual Showcase this year. "It is very heartwarming to observe our student musicians perform together for this program. They demonstrate their dedication to music through this performance for friends, family and guests."
The Showcase includes the following ensembles and performances:
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO)
Louis Scaglione, Conductor
Program:
Dvorak - Carnival Overture
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 (fourth movement)
Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra (PYAO)
Rosalind Erwin, Conductor
Program:
Borodin - Polovtsian Dance No. 17 from Prince Igor
Philadelphia Young Musicians Debut Orchestra (YMDO)
Kenneth Bean, Conductor
Program:
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Verdi - Triumphal March from Aida
Bravo Brass
Paul Bryan, Conductor
Program:
Karg-Elert - Nun Danke alle Gott
Valmé: O Thou Who Camest From Above
Whitacre - Sing Gently
Mccall arr. Hoffman - O Sifuni Mungu
Prysm Strings
Gloria dePasquale, Conductor
Program:
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings (first movement)
Prysm Strings Young Artists
Andrea Weber, Conductor
Program:
Mozart/arr. Dackow - Symphony No. 10 in G Major, K. 74 Finale
Tickets are available at kimmelculturalcampus.org/events-and-tickets.
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