Updates Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19)
To All PYCO Students and Families:
As of today, March 25th, all PYCO ensembles are canceled until further notice. Please check your email and the PYCO website (www.pyco.org) for updates as the situation evolves.
We expect to have more clarity in April. Following guidance from the local, state, and federal authorities, we will make a decision whether or not to fully cancel the remainder of the season. As of now, we are considering different scenarios. One option we are exploring is to postpone the final concert of the season to mid or late June.
We were all deep into the rehearsals for the final concert. The high school PYCO Orchestra students worked so hard on our "Mahler Challenge" to be the first youth orchestra in Pittsburgh to ever play the last movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony. I owe it to them to do everything in my power to make that happen, always within safe guidelines, but without giving up. Even if we perform in a venue without an audience, we will stream it, record it, and post it on YouTube, as our legacy that we played it and that no pandemic was able to break our spirits.
Previously scheduled video seating auditions will not be canceled, but pushed back a few weeks. We understand that seating positions are important to students, and we want to recognize individual effort and hard work by allowing students the opportunity to audition and learn their results. Please check your email as each director will be sending you specific instructions for your ensemble. We encourage all of our students to continue practicing their music, which is a safe, health-promoting activity that we can all do while we are staying at home.
I thank you all for your understanding and patience with us, as like you, we are trying to figure out how to handle this unprecedented situation day-by-day.
Be safe, be healthy.
Pablo Ardiles
Artistic Director, Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestra
As of today, March 25th, all PYCO ensembles are canceled until further notice. Please check your email and the PYCO website (www.pyco.org) for updates as the situation evolves.
We expect to have more clarity in April. Following guidance from the local, state, and federal authorities, we will make a decision whether or not to fully cancel the remainder of the season. As of now, we are considering different scenarios. One option we are exploring is to postpone the final concert of the season to mid or late June.
We were all deep into the rehearsals for the final concert. The high school PYCO Orchestra students worked so hard on our "Mahler Challenge" to be the first youth orchestra in Pittsburgh to ever play the last movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony. I owe it to them to do everything in my power to make that happen, always within safe guidelines, but without giving up. Even if we perform in a venue without an audience, we will stream it, record it, and post it on YouTube, as our legacy that we played it and that no pandemic was able to break our spirits.
Previously scheduled video seating auditions will not be canceled, but pushed back a few weeks. We understand that seating positions are important to students, and we want to recognize individual effort and hard work by allowing students the opportunity to audition and learn their results. Please check your email as each director will be sending you specific instructions for your ensemble. We encourage all of our students to continue practicing their music, which is a safe, health-promoting activity that we can all do while we are staying at home.
I thank you all for your understanding and patience with us, as like you, we are trying to figure out how to handle this unprecedented situation day-by-day.
Be safe, be healthy.
Pablo Ardiles
Artistic Director, Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestra
ATTENTION PYCO SCHOOL OF MUSIC PARENTS & STUDENTS:
Please check with the PYCO School of Music directly regarding questions about the facility, private lessons, the music store, etc.
Jazz Ensemble is a program of the PYCO School of Music. Please also check with the School of Music for updates regarding Jazz Ensemble.
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