The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony have a concert this Sunday, February 15th! Music Director Jacob Joyce joined Jim Cunningham live on the QED Morning Show to talk about the program.
The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony have a concert this Sunday, February 15th! Music Director Jacob Joyce joined Jim Cunningham live on the QED Morning Show to talk about the program.
The program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris Symphony,” Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, and concludes with Richard Strauss’s epic tone poem Don Juan. The concert also features PYSO violinist Karin Hoppo, the winner of PYSO's 2025-26 season Concerto Competition, performing the first movement of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47.
In addition to the concert, Jacob also talks about the importance of youth orchestras, his Amadeus concert program for the next PSO season, his own musical journey, and PYSO's upcoming Greece tour. He gives a preview of the PSO's upcoming Discovery & Drinks concert at the MuseumLab, which will feature a quartet of PSO musicians playing works by William Grant Still, Florence Price, and Maurice Ravel.
Don't miss PYSO's wonderful program at Heinz Hall this Sunday, February 15th at 7:30pm. The concert is free, and you can register for tickets at PYSO's website.