June 2007
2007 PROGRAM BOOK (PDF)
The annual festival program book is the PYO program's "yearbook" and it commemorates the 67th anniversary season. In it you will find information on the entire year's activities, and you'll read biographies of our outstanding and gifted students.
May 2006
2006 PROGRAM BOOK (PDF)
The annual festival program book is the PYO program's "yearbook." In it you will find information on the entire year's activities, and you'll read biographies of our outstanding and gifted students.
February 2006
NOTEWORTHY 2006 (PDF)
Walking in the Shoes of an Icon, Susan Starr, Up Front with PYAO, Making Music Part of Life, From Coda to Code
September 12, 2005
LOUIS SCALIONE SUCCEEDS JOSEPH PRIMAVERA AS FIFTH MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Rick Touhill, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, today announced the appointment of Louis Scaglione as Music Director of the PYO. He succeeds Maestro Joseph Primavera, whose fifty-one-year tenure as the PYO's Music Director--from 1954 through the 2004-05 concert season--made him the longest-serving active music director of any orchestra anywhere in the world.
May 23, 2005
PHILADELPHIA YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF JAMES BIDDLE
The PYAO performs an outdoor concert in the gardens of Andalusia Estate in Bucks County
April 18, 2005
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES ANNUAL FESTIVAL CONCERTS FOR 2005
PYO to perform Debussy's La Mer and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite in Verizon Hall at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on May 8. Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra to feature pianist Pauline Yang and trumpeter Matthew Kitzen-Abelson in Kimmel Center's Perlman Theater on May 15. Bravo Brass to perform with horn soloist Karen McCommon at Saint Stephen's Church on June 3.
April 2005
NOTEWORTHY SPRING 2005 (PDF)
March 7, 2005
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES ITS 65TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A BENEFIT GALA DINNER AND CONCERT AT THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA
The concert features Philadelphia Orchestra Co-Concertmaster William dePasquale and his daughter, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Concertmaster Francesca dePasquale.
November 26, 2004
HOLIDAY CONCERT TO BENEFIT REACH OUT AND READ AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
Louis Scaglione conducts the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra (PYAO) in its 6th annual Holiday Benefit Concert supporting the work of Reach Out and Read, which is part of a national pediatric early literacy program and makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care, so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.
November 26, 2004
A HOLIDAY IN BRASS
Bravo Brass, under the direction of conductor Paul Bryan, will present A Holiday in Brass on Saturday, December 4, 2004 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
November 2004
NOTEWORTHY FALL 2004 (PDF)
November 15, 2004
2004-2005 CONCERT SEASON ANNOUNCED
Music Director Joseph Primavera has announced the 2004-2005 season of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra, Bravo Brass, and the Sundays@Seven chamber music series.
October 15, 2004
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND PHILADELPHIA YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCE CONCERTMASTERS FOR THE 2004-2005 SEASON
Cyrus Ebnesajjad is appointed Concertmaster of the PYO. Brian Nissim Antar is appointed Concertmaster of the PYAO.
April 2004
NOTEWORTHY SPRING 2004 (PDF)