At The Pittsburgh Youth Chamber Orchestra (PYCO) We ...

• Focus on the more intimate and deeply rewarding repertoire of the Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Music.
• Encourage orchestra member participation as soloists.
• Help students to achieve the highest level of excellence in performance, not only as team players but also as individual performers.
• Strive to expose the students to the building blocks of professional musicianship through chamber music literature, as well as to open their minds to the study and practice of contemporary music and alternative styles.
• Offer the students the opportunity to experience a “conductor-less” orchestra or a principal player acting as a conductor, by performing in this format in some of our concerts.
• Feature guest conductors, guest sectional coaches, master classes, workshops and chamber music camps offered by local, national and internationally recognized professional musicians.

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Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 5 PM
Winter Concert
Sewickley Academy (Sewickley)
Featuring the combined PYCO & Sewickley Academy Orchestras!

Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 5 PM
Spring Concert: Tour of the Americas!
Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland)
An imaginary journey featuring music from North American and South American composers in collaboration with local Latin American performing groups and organizations

Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 7 PM
Family Christmas Carol Sing-Along Concert
Saints John & Paul Church (Sewickley)
PYCO will perform selections of holiday favorites. The concert will end with audience participation in a sing-along of beloved traditional Christmas carols with PYCO and the adult and children choirs of Saints John & Pau

Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 5 PM
Holiday Concert
St. Paul United Methodist Church (North Hills)
Enjoy the glorious sounds of the season, featuring: Bizet, L'Arlesienne Suite; Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake selections; Handel, Concerto Grosso No.2 and medleys of Holiday favorites.

Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 5 PM
Spring Concert
Richard E. Rauh Theater, Shady Side Academy
(Fox Chapel)

Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 1:30 PM
An Afternoon of Brass Music
PYCO Junior Brass Ensemble
The Vincentian Regency Senior Center
(Activities Room)

Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 5 PM
Winter Concert
CAPA Theater (Downtown, Pittsburgh)
This performance is an exciting side-by-side collaboration of
PYCO and CAPA students that will feature
more than one hundred performers on stage!