Spring Semester
Saturdays, February 9-April 27 – from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Meets at Otterbein United Methodist Church, Greensburg
Tuition: $140 per semester; $95 second student
Auditions are encouraged but not required. Auditions will be held January 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. please email to reserve.
Concert
Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. at Seton Hill PAC
Fall 2018 Excerpts
String Excerpts
Woodwinds Excerpts
Brass Excerpts
The Philharmonia give students their first experience playing in a large ensemble that includes strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion. The young students learn to follow a conductor and have the chance to perform with other musicians in a friendly group setting.
String students should be comfortable in first and third positions, have a solid knowledge of note values, dynamics, key signatures, and be able to play major scales up to 3 sharps and flats. Members should be taking privates lessons. Winds and brass are encouraged to audition. For strings, an audition is optional, but doing so allows for better chair placement. At a minimum, we need a recommendation from the student’s private teacher or band director. String students need to be in the equivalent of Suzuki books III-IV.
Contact Morrie Brand for more information.
December 4, 2018
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra presents Home for the Holidays on December 15. The symphony will be joined on stage by Ashley Fabian, soprano, a second-year resident artists with the Pittsburgh Opera. She will perform Christmas Waltz, The Christmas Song, O Holy Night, Silent Night before closing the concert Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah with the Choir. Ms. Fabian, originally from Charleston, SC, is a… Read More
November 19, 2018
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra presents three performances of the holiday classic The Nutcracker, featuring the Laurel Ballet on Saturday December 8 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 9 at 2 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Artistic Director Daniel Meyer conducts all three performances. Eleanor Tornblom is Artistic Director and choreographer of the production. The principal… Read More
October 31, 2018
Read a great book and receive discounted tickets! The WSO has teamed up Westmoreland County Federated Library System to enhance the music experience with a Fall/Winter One Book One Westmoreland program. Community members are invited to read Christian Davenport’s The Space Barons and join a book discussion. The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the… Read More