2018 AUDITION NOTICE
Dates for brass and percussion auditions:
Tuesday, October 16 at 7 p.m. – Mary Pappert School of Music 3rd Floor, Room 306
Wednesday, October 17 at 6 p.m. – Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Concert Hall
String Auditions are strictly via video submission.
Excerpts:
September 21, 2018
Selected members of the WYSO Philharmonic will take the stage with the musicians of the WSO to perform Sibelius’ Finlandia. The opportunity to perform side-by-side with a professional orchestra and conductor on the Palace stage is a unique learning experience. “To sit down with skilled musicians inspires the younger musicians. It’s exhilarating for them to perform for a large audience—it’s a… Read More
August 20, 2018
Welcome to the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Season in our historic home at the Palace Theatre! We welcome you to join us, and we hope that you will experience a musical performance that will transport you, lift you, and inspire you. We also hope that this marks the beginning of another fifty wonderful years of bringing classical music to… Read More
August 9, 2018
The WSO board of directors has selected Michael Matteo as its new president. Mr. Matteo is the 18th president and has served on the WSO board since 2015. He replaces James Cook who served as board president since 2016 and who remains an active board member. Mr. Matteo is a lifelong musician and joined the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra in 2001 and… Read More