Portland Youth Philharmonic
- Portland Youth Philharmonic
Founded in 1924 as the Portland Junior Symphony, the Portland Youth Philharmonic Association is America's First Youth Orchestra -- an organization of several youth orchestras in Portland, Oregon. It will be led by recently appointed conductor and music director David Hattner this coming fall.
The Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) consists of four ensembles: The Young String Ensemble(YSE); the Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra (PYCO); the Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP); and the Portland Youth Wind Ensemble (PYWE). Membership is highly competitive and selective. The majority of the musicians in the organization come from the greater Portland region sometimes with students from as far south as Salem, Oregon.
Past repertoire includes: Mahler Symphony No. 5, Bruckner Symphony No. 4, Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Debussy La Mer, Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Mahler Symphony No. 1, Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin, Stravinsky Petrouska, Respighi Pines of Rome, Brahms Symphony No. 4, Brahms Symphony No. 2, and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
Past conductors and music directors include Jacques Gershkovitch, Jacob Avshalomov, Huw Edwards, and Mei-Ann Chen.
External links
* [http://www.portlandyouthphil.org/ Portland Youth Philharmonic website]
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