All Events | Starting Thursday, May 16, 2013

Johnstown Community Strings
A concert of music for string ensemble by Bach, Rush, Dello Joio, Cohen, and more.
05/16/2013

PBT School Pre-Professional Showcase
The Pre-Professional Showcase includes "Graduation Ball" and the "Swan Lake" Act II Divertissements staged by PBT Artistic Director Terrence Orr, James Washington's "Beauty, The Lack Of," Michael Smuin's "Quattro a Verdi," and "Prossimo" by former San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Andre Reyes.
05/17/2013

Market Street Arts Festival
An Arts and Music festival celebrating local art in the Fayette, Westmoreland, Greene and Washington County area.  Featuring Cello Fury.
05/17/2013

All-Russian Concert with pianist Stewart Goodyear
Known for his elegant and exquisite technique, Stewart Goodyear gives his virtuosic performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1. The season concludes with the dramatic intensity of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 composed in the wake of Stalin's death. André Raphel also conducts Mussorgsky's Khovantchina Overture.
05/17/2013

Elgar, Grieg & Ravel
Ukrainian-born pianist and YouTube phenom Valentina Lisitsa performs Grieg's much-loved Piano Concerto. Then, Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Osvaldo Golijov's "Siderius," co-commissioned by the PSO. After intermission, one of Ravel's first works for orchestra, Rapsodie Espagnole, inspired by the Spanish folk tunes sung by Ravel's mother. Elgar's "Alassio" was inspired by the town on the Italian Riviera where Elgar and his family vacationed.
05/17/2013

Star-Crossed Love
Enjoy Romeo and Juliet and other timeless love stories of William Shakespeare set to music by great composers:  Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev do Romeo and Juliet; selections from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream; Weber: Oberon overture
05/17/2013

American Portrait
Two Pittsburgh premieres, "An American Te Deum" by Randall Stroope and "South Dakota Shadows Suite" by Jackson Berkey will be sung by Concentio and Chamber Choirs, respectively, with strings and piano. Additional works include three traditional American Hymns by Aaron Copland, selections from Randall Thompson's "Frostiana," Eric Whitacre's hauntingly beautiful "Seal Lullaby," Jocelyn Hagan's "Joy", and a set of spirituals.
05/18/2013

Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra
The JSYO Spring Concert, conducted by JSO Music Director Istvan Jaray.  The program includes Saint-Saens, Leroy Anderson, Robert Schumann, Beethoven, tunes from Les Miserables, Titanic, and more. 
05/18/2013

Old and New Worlds
Warren Davison conducts the orchestra's season finale, including Dvorak's Symphony #9, "From the New World;" Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo, featuring bassoonist Alicia Whitney; Johann Strauss' Wine, Women and Song; and Serenade by the Hungarian composer Gyula Beliczay.  Tickets are available at the door.
05/18/2013

Pops: Around the World with Disney
The Magical Music of Disney for live orchestra.
05/18/2013

Season Finale with pianist Hanna Che
Music Director Lawrence Loh features pianist Hannah Che, 17, winner of PYSO's Concerto Competition, in the first movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2. Hannah has soloed with the McKeesport and Butler County Symphony Orchestras, and plays in PYSO's first violin section. The program also includes the finale to Mahler's Symphony #1 and Saint-Saens' Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah, with 30 PYSO alumni augmenting the orchestra. Free tickets (required) available via download.
05/19/2013

Hartwood Organ Recital
Richard Konzen of Grove City College will play the recently restored 1909/10 Aeolian residence pipe organ located in the mansion in Harwood Acres Park. Reservations: (412) 767-9200.
05/19/2013

A Grand Night of Music
The Kollel Jewish Learning Center presents a benefit concert featuring Anne Martindale Williams, Principal Cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Luz Manriquez Meyer, internationally renowned pianist and Associate Professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. Their program includes works by Piazzolla, Prokofiev, Beethoven, and Ravel.
05/20/2013

Objects of Desire (work in progress)
Continuum Dance Theater will preview its work-in-progress, titled Objects of Desire.
05/21/2013

Side By Side By Sondheim
Side By Side By Sondheim is a dazzling collection of songs by Broadway’s musical master, Stephen Sondheim, with music from many of his very best works including: Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle and Pacific Overtures.
05/23/2013

The Tenors in Concert
**SOLD OUT** When: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Venue: Byham Theater Time: 8pm Regular $75 Single ticket $150 Pair tickets Ochestra/Director’s Circle Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable
06/19/2013

Chautauqua: Straight No Chaser in Concert – Overnight Bus Trip
Chautauqua: Straight No Chaser in Concert – overnight bus trip Date: Saturday, June 22, 2013- Sunday, June 23, 2013 Location: Chautauqua Time:  8:15pm *Depart Saturday morning, June 22; arrive for lunch.  Check into hotel and enjoy the grounds.  Have dinner and see SNC in concert.  On Sunday, have breakfast then leave to return to Pittsburgh. Regular $400 Single (single occupancy) $750 Pair (double occupancy) General Admission Seating Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable
06/22/2013

The Divinas
The Divinas in Concert Date: Thursday, September 26, 2013 Venue: QED Theater Time:  8pm Meet & Greet $90 Single ticket $180 Pair tickets General Admission Seating Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable   Regular $60 Single ticket $120 Pair tickets General Admission Seating Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable Presents Deadline:  Friday, June 7, 2013
09/26/2013

Celtic Thunder Mythology
Celtic Thunder in Concert Date: Sunday, October 6, 2013  Venue: Benedum Center Time: 8pm Meet & Greet -SOLD OUT- Regular $130  Single ticket $260  Pair tickets Orchestra/Director’s Circle Seating Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable Presents Deadline:  Friday, June 14, 2013 
10/06/2013

The Piano Guys
The Piano Guys in Concert Date: Saturday, October 26, 2013 Venue: QED Theater Time:  8pm Meet & Greet $110 Single ticket $220 Pair tickets General Admission Seating Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable Regular $90 Single ticket $180 Pair tickets General Admission Seating Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable Presents Deadline:  Friday, June 21, 2013
10/26/2013