Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra

Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Educating, inspiring, and fostering a lifelong love of music for students in the Greater Pittsburgh area.

The Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra exists to provide an opportunity for dedicated young musicians from the Greater Pittsburgh area to be exposed to richly varied repertory and performance venues. PYPO provides the members of the orchestra with challenges that will encourage their capabilities, enrich their social lives, involve them in the community, and promote leadership. The quality of

their musical performances, the long term commitment to the orchestra by many of the musicians and the large number of alumni who continue their musical careers after graduating both professionally as well as personally, are a tribute to the effectiveness of the program.

06/02/2026

A young Pittsburgh musician brings his first orchestral work to life!

We are so proud of Peter Atwood and his original composition, Ae**us, which was recognized as an Outstanding Selection in PMEA’s 2026 Composition Program!

Following a multiparty collaboration that showed us the power of our community, members of PYPO’s Philharmonic Orchestra had a sight reading session of the work that many of us were fortunate enough to witness 🤯🎶

Do you want to enable a young musician to develop their musical talent? PYPO is raising funds for our musicians for the 2026-27 season. Can you gift a scholarship?

Giving link is in the comments along with full story ⬆️

Temperatures in the 80s? This heat has us feeling like it’s summer time already!Now is the time to sign up for our PYPO ...
05/18/2026

Temperatures in the 80s? This heat has us feeling like it’s summer time already!

Now is the time to sign up for our PYPO Summer Camp! We’re only a month away, and have a LOT of fun lined up! Check out these pics from last year and come have fun making music and friends with us!

🎶 PYPO’s Summer Camp (grades 3-9)
🗓️ June 15-19th, 2026
🎟️ Registration: link in comments!

Talk about being “in the zone!” 🎶Our PYPO musicians were fully immersed during last month’s Pure Imagination Concert. En...
05/14/2026

Talk about being “in the zone!” 🎶

Our PYPO musicians were fully immersed during last month’s Pure Imagination Concert. Enjoy these action shots capturing their focus and energy across all five ensembles making this concert so special!

📸: Sean Sims

Share with loved ones to spread the joy ❤️

Check out this exquisite group of young talented musicians representing their schools and PYPO! 💙🎶👏Huge congratulations ...
05/13/2026

Check out this exquisite group of young talented musicians representing their schools and PYPO! 💙🎶👏

Huge congratulations to all PYPO musicians making us at the PMEA All-State Orchestra on Saturday April 25th at Kalahari Convention Center performing works by Berlioz, Elgar and Huapango, among others.

From left to right:

Joseph Curran, violin
Shawn Bouwers, violin
Andreh De La Torre, French Horn
Ethan Lilly, viola
Kendall Hammer, violin
Eric Bouwers, cello

Behind every performance, there is a PYPO musician stepping on stage with confidence, focus and discipline. But where do...
05/11/2026

Behind every performance, there is a PYPO musician stepping on stage with confidence, focus and discipline. But where does that come from?

Music has not only a physiological affect on our bodies, but it teaches skills that carry far beyond the rehearsal room.

Crescendo your giving and fund a deserving young musician to have a seat at PYPO next season ✨

Crescendo Giving link in comments ⬇️




📚Neuroscience Data: The Royal Conservatory of Music, “The Benefits of Music Education”

The most beautiful post-concert smiles we’ve ever seen! We had an absolute blast at our Pure Imagination concert on Apri...
05/09/2026

The most beautiful post-concert smiles we’ve ever seen! We had an absolute blast at our Pure Imagination concert on April 19th and it shows!

Next up is our Summer Camp in June and we can’t wait to have fun with you all!

🎶 PYPO’s Summer Camp (grades 3-9)
🗓️ June 15-19th, 2026
🎟️ Registration link in comments!

Look at this fabulous group of musicians! 🥁🎶Our Percussion Ensemble gave an excellent performance at the 2026 Young Arti...
05/08/2026

Look at this fabulous group of musicians! 🥁🎶

Our Percussion Ensemble gave an excellent performance at the 2026 Young Artist Solo & Ensemble Festival, co-hosted by the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra and Seton Hill University’s Music Department!

We are so proud of the hard work our percussionists poured into rehearsals with their instructor, Joe Scifo, and grateful for the feedback from adjudicator and WSO Principal Percussionist Michael Matteo!

Sign up to be part of our Percussion Ensemble for the 2026–27 season! ⬆️ Link in comments!

Cheer along with us for our Overture Strings musicians 👏🎶A group of our talented students and mentors from South Fayett...
05/05/2026

Cheer along with us for our Overture Strings musicians 👏🎶

A group of our talented students and mentors from South Fayette were invited to perform at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Elementary School!

Congratulations to our outstanding student performers:

• Charlotte Winans
• Makenna Bachman
• Nethra Balaji
• Talya Ozenc
• Vishnu Sreekumar
• Owen Gilbert
• Anthony Smith
• Lily Zelalem
• Nathan Henry
• Lalithhari Gali
• Andrew Horzempa

…and their teacher and PYPO’s Overture Strings Director, Christina Crivelli! 💚

We love to see our students share their gift for music celebrating community and the future of education.


This is your reminder that TOMORROW is the LAST DAY to sign up to audition for Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra! ...
04/30/2026

This is your reminder that TOMORROW is the LAST DAY to sign up to audition for Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra! ⬇️

Auditions are open to musicians interested in joining our Percussion, Intermezzo, and Philharmonic ensembles, where intermediate and advanced players of all instruments can learn from exceptional faculty, take their skills to the next level, and make life-long friendships!

Have you secured your spot yet?
Link is in the comments below!

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