Summer with the Westmoreland Symphony

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Summer Chamber Music Series – Beo String Quartet

Summer Chamber Music Series
Unity Chapel, Latrobe

Beo String Quartet

Held Thursday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Beo String Quartet: Jason Neukom, violin; Ryan Ash, cello; Sean Neukom, viola and Andrew Giordano, violin

Program:

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op. 33 No. 5 Hob.III:41
Missy Mazzoli: Harp and Altar
Sean Neukom: El Balcón
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “From My Life”

General admission at the door is $15 and all donations benefit the WYSO youth orchestra program. Unity Chapel (114 Chapel Lane) is air-conditioned and accessible. Learn more

Underwritten by the Charles F. and Mary Esther Sawyer Music Fund of the Latrobe Presbyterian Church.

 

Hat Luncheon
Saturday, June 3, 2023 – 11 am
Greensburg Country Club
RSVPs are required, call 724-837-1850

Wear your fanciest hat and pearls and join us for the prettiest party of the summer! Sip on champagne, and enjoy an elegant luncheon and the chance to win many fabulous silent auction items and raffle prizes all while supporting the programs of the WSO.

Classics on the Rocks
Thursday, June 8 concert at 7 p.m. VIP at 5:30 p.m.
West Overton Barn, Scottdale

RSVPs have concluded

Set on twenty acres of picturesque grounds and historic buildings in Scottdale, join us in West Overton’s rustic, enchanting brick barn for an evening strings concert. Hear Bach, Vivaldi, Debussy, Rossini, and more performed by the WSO’s six-person Cello Ensemble.

Musicians:
Beideth Briceño, Christina Chen, Sarah Ferrell, William Garcia Hernandez, Alicia Storin led by WSO principal cello Will Teegarden

Summer Sparklers


Sunday, July 2, 2023 – 7 pm (approx. 1 hour)
St. Clair Park, Greensburg -free and open to the public

Celebrate the Fourth at our popular annual summer concert in the park! Bring a lawn chair or blanket along with family and friends and join us for classics, patriotic favorites, selections from Phantom of the Opera and Harry Potter, and pops at St. Clair Park in Greensburg, conducted by Daniel Meyer. This concert is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted. This Sunday Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra is hosting their Summer Sparklers production at 7:00 PM. *In honor of our Greensburg Hometown Heroes, this year’s Think Greensburg! hero banners will be displayed at the park during the show.

Program

Arr. Damrosch: Star-Spangled Banner
Bizet: Danse bohème from Carmen Suite No. 2
Andrew Lloyd Webber:  Selections from Phantom of the Opera
Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
Hailstork: Three Spirituals
John Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Symphonic Suite
Arr. Lowden:  Armed Forces Salute
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever

 

Trio Granato

Thursday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Trio Granato: Tom Godfrey, flute, Paula Tuttle, cello and Marissa Knaub-Avon, harp.

Program
Haydn: Cassation in C
J.S. Bach: Allemande from Cello Suite III
Debussy: Valse Romantique
Debussy: L’apres Midi d’un Faune 
Henson-Conant: Baroque Flamenco
J. Ibert: Piece for solo flute
De Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
Bizet: Intermezzo from Carmen
Saint-Saens: Le Cygne from Carnival of the Animals 
Arlen: Over the Rainbow

General admission at the door is $15 and all donations benefit the WYSO youth orchestra program. Unity Chapel (114 Chapel Lane) is air-conditioned and accessibleLearn more

Underwritten by the Charles F. and Mary Esther Sawyer Music Fund of the Latrobe Presbyterian Church.

 

 

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