Director: Morrie Brand
Wednesday Evenings 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. beginning January 30-May 8
Greensburg Garden and Civic Center, 951 Old Salem Road, Greensburg
Tuition: $220; second student $150
Repertoire: Rossini La Gaza Ladra Overture, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2-last movement
Auditions
January 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. please email to reserve.
Positions available: Oboe II, Bassoon II, Horn II & III, Trombones, Tuba, Strings (all sections)
Please contact Ramona [email protected] to schedule an audition time.
Excerpts – Spring 2019
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass
Oboe
Bassoon
Trombone
Tuba
WYSO Program Concert
May 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Seton Hill PAC
The Philharmonic consists of auditioned high school musicians, who rehearse on Wednesday evenings and perform concerts each fall and spring. String students should be comfortable in first through fifth positions, have a solid knowledge of note values, dynamics, key signatures, off-the-string playing, and be able to play major scales up to 4 sharps and flats. An audition is necessary and private lessons are required. The equivalent of Suzuki book V and up. The Philharmonic also provides a Concerto Competition for members to compete to perform a concerto with the orchestra. The competition is held every January, with a spring semester performance. A WYSO Solo and Ensemble Night is offered each May, featuring individuals and small ensembles from the Philharmonic.
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