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Highlights from First TYP Rehearsal
On Tuesday, September 8th, our Triangle Youth Philharmonic had their first rehearsal of the 2020-21 season. As one would expect, rehearsals look a little different this fall. Each of our full orchestras is divided up into smaller groups and each group is assigned a time slot for a socially distanced rehearsal at Apex Community Park. Our string musicians wear masks and our woodwind and brass players position a mask over the end of their instrument and wear a face mask whenever possible. We have put in place a variety of other safety measures to ensure our rehearsals remain socially distanced
Sarah Whitney: New Executive Director
The Philharmonic Association Board of Directors is pleased announce the selection of Sarah Whitney as the next Executive Director of the Philharmonic Association following a national search. Sarah joins us with more than 15 years of experience working in the arts nonprofit sector. She brings a wonderful background in music to her new role, coupled with extensive experience in operations, finance, fundraising and education. Prior to accepting this position, Sarah was an Assistant Director of Business and Finance at Duke University. Her background includes serving as Director of Operations for The School for Strings and Curriculum Developer for the
A Timely Virtual Performance by TYJE
If you are feeling a little bit down about current times and want some jazz music to suit your mood, we have the perfect song for you: Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee's "The End of the World." It may not be a happy song, but that's the great thing about music--it helps us experience all sorts of emotions! Gregg Gelb's arrangement of "The End of the World" is one of the pieces that last year's Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble members decided to work on over the summer. Lucky for us, the talented group chose to put together a recording of
MBK-Wake Features United Strings of Color
As part of My Brother’s Keeper Wake County initiative to build a collaborative community of organizations united by the goal of impacting the lives of Black, Latinx, and Native American youth, a directory of partners was established on their website. The Philharmonic Association became one of the first partners to register our profile at mbkwakeco.org in hopes that we could become better known in this community. Recently, partners were invited to record a video short that included basic information about the organization and their involvement with MBK-Wake. These videos were premiered at their sold-out drive-in movie event at the State
COVID-19 plan as of 7/20/20
I am excited to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of the Philharmonic Association! COVID-19 presents obvious new and unique challenges to this role, and I pledge to be as creative, communicative, and open to suggestions as I possibly can be for all of our constituents. Most importantly, the Philharmonic Association will move forward this fall, offering quality musical instruction with student and teacher safety in mind. Many questions are already coming in from parents, students and teachers about our plans for the fall, so I wanted to give a quick update! Auditions will move forward with the dates
Enjoy Our Senior Recognition Videos
The Philharmonic Association would like to give the spotlight to our graduating seniors. We have so many talented, ambitious seniors in our ensembles this year with great plans for the future, and we want to show them off! Visit our 2019-20 Seniors Page for a list of our seniors and their exciting college plans. We have also created senior recognition videos for each ensemble similar to the recognition our seniors would have been given at our spring concerts. Our 2019-20 seniors may not have gotten the in-person round of applause that they deserve, but we are grateful to our videography
Expanding the Horizons of Young Musicians
The mission of the Philharmonic Association is to educate the next generation in great classical and jazz music through ensemble performance, while encouraging appreciation, community participation, and support of these activities.
Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble
Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble
The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble (TYJE) is now based in Raleigh under the direction of Dr. Gregg Gelb.
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Here’s What Our Reviewers Say
The best of the area’s young musicians, participants in the Triangle Youth Philharmonic and the Triangle Youth Symphony…
There are lots of reasons to support the youth orchestras of the Philharmonic Association. The most important is that they give first-rate performances. A close second is that the young musicians of TYP, TYS and TYO are the classical musicians of the future, the pros, semi-pros, and amateurs who will continue to maintain the classical tradition……they comprise the cream of the crop. This is not little league; they play hardball, and they play it well.
[TYP and TYS] do much more than train musicians. They teach a lifelong appreciation and love of music. One alum recently submitted a piece for the Philharmonic Association News entitled: “Music Keeps Me Sane.” Playing with TYP taught her commitment and about setting standards.
There’s hope for our collective musical future, thanks to the Triangle Youth Philharmonic and similar ensembles. The 250 or so young artists involved in the PA’s programs merit our attention and support. Their love of music and delight in the teamwork required to create it was evident in every measure.
Meet Our Supporters
The Philharmonic Association wishes to thank and acknowledge the following organizations and corporations for their funding support.
