​Dear friends,
 
Hello from the Learning & Community Engagement Department at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra!  We hope your new school year is off to a wonderful start.  We are excited to bring another great year of music making to the students and educators in Pittsburgh, and we wanted to pass along some details regarding the upcoming season:

Results from last night's Honors String Orchestra auditions have been posted in the members-only section.  The password was communicated at the directors' meeting.  Please keep that information confidential -- do not share it with students or families.

The annual ACDA-PA choral festivals for singers in grades 6-9 are scheduled for this fall.  Mucho Macho Music will be held on Tuesday, October 31 at Boyce Middle School, and Sweet Harmony will take place on Thursday, November 2 at West Allegheny High School.  For registration information, visit www.acdapa.org and click the "Events" menu option to find each festival.

There is a trumpet masterclass being offered by professional trumpet performers David Dash and Mary Bowden at the Fort Cherry Jr/Sr High Auditorium Friday Nov. 16th, 2017 from 10 – 11:30 AM. Please let me know if interested and if any of your students wish to play for them for the class.  There is no charge for this masterclass.  Please email Matt Nelson if any students wish to attend at mnelson@fortcherry.org.  

The latest PMEA District 1 Newsletter has been posted and is available for download/viewing.  There is quite a bit of information included in this issue, so be sure to read it carefully.  Thank you to our D1 leadership for keeping the lines of communication open with our membership.

To access the file, click on the NEWSLETTER menu option and view the "Fall Issue - September 2017" link.