This year, our Triangle Youth Jazz Orchestra is going above and beyond to prepare for the Essentially Ellington Regional Festival in Chapel Hill on February 22. This festival gives high school jazz bands the chance to perform the music of well known big band composers like Duke Ellington, and to receive feedback from professionals on
The Philharmonic Association wants young people to know about the wonderful world of great classical music! This season, we began offering free tickets to young people through 12th grade, and lowered all our other ticket prices. Performing in the region's premiere hall purposely built for a symphony orchestra, Meymandi Concert Hall, is quite expensive with
Philharmonic Association musicians have the opportunity to perform in at least two large concerts a year, and our audiences have dozens of opportunities to hear our youth musicians perform great music. With so many opportunities to play and to hear great music, it can be easy to forget how special and powerful orchestral music is.
We are excited that Ligon Magnet Middle School's Jazz Ensemble has chosen to attend this year's Midwest Clinic. This four day international band and orchestra conference held in Chicago is full of opportunities for musicians to learn from renowned professionals, meet and work with fellow youth musicians, rehearse great music, and perform. Ligon's jazz ensemble
The Philharmonic Association Musician Internship program gives upperclassmen members of the PA the opportunity to experience all aspects of the management of the Philharmonic Association. We believe it is important for our interns to have a thorough understanding of and appreciation for the organization that they are working for. To facilitate this deeper understanding of the
For the second year, PA musicians from TYP, TYS, TYO and Sinfonia will join together to bring music into the community through our Holiday Ensembles Program. Executive Assistant, Krista Wiese, has already scheduled nine community performances including, December 13, 6pm Cary Towne Center; December 16, 5:30 pm, Hillcrest Raleigh; December 20, 10 am, Pruitt Health;
Coming up on the Philharmonic Association concert calendar is our Strings Fall Concert on Friday, November 22nd at 7:00 pm. This concert will feature both of our string orchestras, the Triangle Youth String Orchestra (TYSO) and the Triangle Youth String Sinfonia (Sinfonia). It is always inspiring to watch TYSO, our introductory level orchestra, perform their
Community engagement and diversity awareness are both topics very important to the Philharmonic Association. We envision our ensembles as a place where musicians of all backgrounds, all cultures, and all experiences can unite with the common goal of playing great classical and jazz music. We strive to reach out to a diverse array of communities
The Philharmonic Association Board and senior staff have been hard at work since last summer to review, revise, and recommit to our Mission as a non-profit educational organization. We engaged in a special mini-retreat last summer, led by Salima Thomas of the Center for Non-profits and hosted by Treasurer, Luanne Roth, to work on adding
The holiday season is a time of giving and receiving gifts. Although December's focus may be on gifts that can be wrapped, the Philharmonic Association believes that music is a wonderful gift to give and to receive. Our Holiday Ensembles Program aims to bring joy to the community during the holiday season by giving the
