Directed by Morrie Brand
June 7-July 12
The Summer Chamber Orchestra is open by invitation to area music teachers, WYSO alum, current WYSO members, and other area musicians.
The 2022 concert is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12 at 8:00 p.m. *masks are required inside Seton Hill’s Performing Arts Center
Repertoire:
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brand: Concerto for flute & Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Bernstein: Music from West Side Story
Questions? Contact Morrie Brand [email protected]
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.
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
June 15, 2022
The WSO Presents a Free Summer Concert Sunday, July 3 at Clair Park Summer Sparklers, a free annual outdoor concert, will be presented by the Westmoreland Symphony on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Clair Park’s Robertshaw Amphitheater in downtown Greensburg. Conducted by WSO Artistic Director Daniel Meyer, the program features patriotic favorites including American Salute, Stars and… Read More
May 3, 2022
The WSO Board is pleased to announce their selection of Natalie Ann Kasievich as the new executive director. Ms. Kasievich’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Wheeling Jesuit University and a master’s degree in Public Management from the H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University. Her most recent position was as an Engagement Leader for Thrivent… Read More
April 22, 2022
UPDATE: Out of an abundance of caution the WSO Chamber Singers and soloists will not be performing Beethoven’s Mass in C. The concert will go on as scheduled, with the WSO performing Beethoven’s Symphony No 2 (orchestra only) in its place along with Bach’s Suite in G Minor and Hilary Tann’s With the Heather and Small Birds. We look forward to welcoming… Read More
