The Philharmonic Association is beyond excited to welcome William Henry Curry to our team. We are so grateful and inspired that a conductor as esteemed and experienced as William Henry Curry has accepted the position of Triangle Youth Symphony Conductor! William Henry Curry is a composer, professor, and well-respected conductor. He is currently the Music
Do you miss playing great jazz music with your peers now that the school year has ended? Well the Philharmonic Association has good news for you. You can keep making great music this summer by participating in our jazz summer session! Our week long summer jazz intensive will run July 16-19, 6:30-9:00 pm, at the Cary
Once again, the Triangle Youth String Sinfonia had the wonderful opportunity of performing their spring concert program for the Governor Morehead School, a school for visually impaired students. The musicians of Sinfonia, of course, were grateful to have an additional opportunity to perform the music they had worked all semester on. The music selected this
An important performance took place on Saturday, May 18th at the Northeast Regional Library. The Philharmonic Association's United Strings of Color (Kennedy Mitchell and Felicia Adizue, violins, Jolie Duquene, viola, Lexy Etienne, cello) premiered their program exploring female composers. There are many underrepresented and hidden female composers in history whose works deserve to be heard
Good news--your pursuit of music doesn't have to stop once the school year ends! This summer, the Philharmonic Association will be offering a string summer session and a jazz summer session. The Triangle Youth String Orchestra summer session is geared towards young musicians who can read music and who, in most cases, have either taken
A letter from Dr. Gregg Gelb, Conductor of Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble: Dear Students, Parents, Co-workers, and Jazz Fans and Supporters: The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble just returned from the 2019 Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Festival and Competition in NYC and I have to tell you what an amazing experience it was, but
The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble left for the Essentially Ellington Festival and Competition on May 8th. Their competition slot is Friday between 2:00 and 6:00 pm. TYJE is 6th out of 8 groups. You can cheer them on by watching the live stream from Jazz at Lincoln Center. Just go to this link. https://livestream.com/jazz
At the beginning of this spring semester, four musicians from various PA ensembles united and formed the Philharmonic Association Discovery Quartet. The goal of this chamber ensemble was to put together an educational program that could be performed at elementary and middle schools. The four musicians in the ensemble--Amanda Johnson (violin, Sinfonia), Oliver Walters-Clift (violin,
Those who attended Triangle Youth Philharmonic's Spring Concert witnessed an exceptional event. With the debut of our new conductor of TYP, David Glover, the recognition of TYP's talented seniors and the students with perfect attendance, Noa Weinreb's amazing oboe concerto, and the professional quality performance of the ensemble, TYP's spring concert was truly an unforgettable
The Philharmonic Association Musician Interns have kindly written program notes to upcoming concerts. Take a look at their notes so you know what to get excited about and what to listen for during the performances! Triangle Youth Philharmonic Program Lieutenant Kije Suite by Sergei Prokofiev (Notes by Mary Kolbas) Opening with a mournful trumpet fanfare,
