Episode Details

The Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra will tour Italy this summer! Anna Singer speaks with Executive Director Eftihia Arkoudis and Music Director Patrick Forsyth about the tour. Also hear from some of PYPO's tour musicians.

Stops along the tour include Cremona, Tuscany, Verona, and Venice. Their touring program has pieces from Henry Mancini, Verdi, Vivaldi, and more. Eftihia and Patrick also tease the next season, and talk about working together with other youth ensembles in the Pittsburgh area. Musicians Sean and Eric Bouwers, Leona The, and Tobias Stauffer tell Anna how they've been gearing up for the tour, starting out on their instruments, and balancing practice time.

The musicians also performed in the WQED studio. Sean and Eric played the third movement from Reinhold Glière's 8 Duets for Violin and Cello, Leona played the Saint-Saëns Allegro passionada for cello, Tobias played a solo from Leroy Anderson's "A Trumpeter's Lullaby."

PYPO will host a farewell concert on July 8th before going on tour July 10th-20th. You can find more information about the Italy Tour and the Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra on PYPO's website.

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