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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.
December 4, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CST
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s free event: Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.
Episode 2: Originators and Disrupters (Part 2) Friday, November 27, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
Part 2 brings together the musicians with modern American composers (Libby Larsen, Gary Schocker and Charles Rochester Young) and a Beethoven orchestration by Music Director Manfred Honeck in a salute to a bouquet of Pittsburgh path breakers who defied their times and boundaries: Rachel Carson (environmentalist and writer), Martha Graham (choreographer), Thaddeus Mosley (sculptor), Fred Rogers (television creator) and Andy Warhol (multi-media artist).
Episode 3: Finding Your Song Friday, December 4, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Pops Conductor Byron Stripling as a featured artist and conductor, Finding Your Song explores the journeys of artists and how they come to find their voice, song, inspiration and connection to the world. Finding Your Song travels from Heinz Hall to Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild to The Andy Warhol Museum, and includes the Pittsburgh Symphony debuts of composer Gabriela Lena Frank and composer Hannah Ishizaki.
Episode 4: Tapestry of Light: A Holiday Celebration. Friday, December 18, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
Enjoy the magic and excitement of the holiday season with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra AND Principal Pops Conductor/Soloist Byron Stripling! Perfect for all ages
Episode 5: For the People (Part 1). Friday, January 22, 2021 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET. (Part 2). Friday, January 29, 2021 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
A constellation of five female composers (Jennifer Higdon, a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer, Libby Larsen, ACF’s co-found and BandQuest composer, Jessie Montgomery, Florence Price and Joan Tower).
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