The Summer Philharmonic Wind Ensemble is open by invitation to area music teachers, WYSO alum and other area musicians.
Concert held July 15, 2025 at 8 p.m. Seton Hill Performing Arts Center
Concert Program:
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Morrie Brand: Concerto for Trumpet
Adam Gillespie, trumpet
Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Holst: Mars from The Planets
Tchaikovsky: Finale from Symphony No. 4
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.
June 3 through July 15, 2025
Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center
Concert – July 15 at 8 p.m.
6 sessions – Tuition Fee is $45
Call 724-771-4785 for more information
Questions? Contact Morrie Brand at morrie@westmorelandsymphony.org
An educational offering of the WSO’s Academy of Music, the Summer Philharmonic provides an orchestral playing experience for area musicians. It includes many area music teachers, youth orchestra members, and alumni, and other adults. The orchestra meets for five rehearsals and presents this short concert to share the fruits of its efforts with family and friends.
Watch the 2020 Concert
Summer Strings featuring members of the Summer Philharmonic and WYSO Philharmonic presented a virtual concert:
August 11, 2020
Concert Program
Conducted by Morrie Brand, Academy of Music Director
Grieg: Prelude from Holberg Suite
Mendelssohn: Allegro vivace from String Sinfonia No. 5
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings – 1st Movement
Bernstein: West Side Story Medley
Morrie Brand: Essay for Strings (1985) Moderato – Adagio – Presto
