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PCS Major Winners featured at the Chamber Music Series of Greater Johnstown
After a hiatus due mainly to the Covid pandemic, PCS is pleased to resume collaboration with the Johnstown Concert Series. As of the 2024-25 season, one PCS Major winner will be featured on that series which brings world-class musicians to Johnstown since 2005.
PCS Young Artists at SLB Radio
As in past years, PCS is grateful to the staff of SLB Radio for inviting our Young Artists to have, each, his or her half hour radio program.
This year’s schedule is as follows:
- June 6, 2023 The Ab-So-Flutely Amazing Quartet
- July 15, 2023, Soham Dam, piano
- August 19, 2023, Haley Hunt, soprano
- September 1, 2023, Andrew Li, piano
- September 16, 2023, Eleanor Edwards, violin
- September 30, 2023, Nathan Choe, cello
- October 14, 2023, Benjamin Lin, piano
- October 28, 2023, Nicholas Todorov, tuba
2023-2024 Season
All concerts are at 2:00 PM at the Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University.
September 24, 2023, first Major winners concert:
Theresa Kesser, soprano
4V+P=Q, piano and four violins
Igor Kraevsky, piano
Irene Cheng, Yeokyung Kim, Laura Motchalov and Dylan Naroff, violins
October 22, 2023, second Major winners concert:
Benjamin Hopkins, piano
Cello and harp duo,
Devin LaMarr, cello
Alice Statham, harp
November 12, 2023, third Major winners concert:
Douglas-Jayd Burn, piano
Zoe Sorrell, flute solo
March 9, 2024, Young Artists auditions
April 7, 2024, first Young Artists winners concert
April 12 and 13, 2024 Majors auditions
April 21, 2024, second Young Artists winners concert
June 2, 2024 Alumni concert
2023 PCS Majors Auditions
The Pittsburgh Concert Society's Majors auditions were held on April 14 and 15, 2023. The adjudicator was Lucy Chapman, professor emerita, New England Conservattory of Music. Ms. Chapman selected the following winners:
Devin LaMarr, cello and Alice Statham, harp
Benjamin Hopkins, piano
Theresa Kesser, soprano
Douglas-Jayd Burn, p[iano
Zoe Sorrell, solo flute
Igor Kraevsky, piano, Irene Cheng, violin, Yeokyung Kim, violin, Laura Motchalov, violin, DylanNaroff, violin.
Our sincere thanks to all those who participated in these auditions. Congratulations to the winners who will be featured in three concerts in the fall.
More information will soon be available on the Home page.
The 2023 PCs Young Artists Concerts
All Concerts are at 2:00 PM at the Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon
The first Young Artists concert on April 2, 2023 will feature:
Benjamin Lin, piano, Hampton Middle School, student of Anne Lin
Haley Hunt, soprano, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School,
student of Lauren Corcoran Emrich
Soham Dam, piano, Mt. Lebanon High School, student of Luz Manriquez
Ab-So-Flutely Amazing Quartet: Franklin Regional High School, students of Dan Parasky
Albert "AJ" Schmidt, flute
Anna Qin, flute
Lacey Pribanic, flute
Nia Hanington, flute
The second Young Artists concert on April 16, 2023 will feature:
Andrew Li, piano, North Allegheny Intermediate High School, student of Luz Manriquez
Nicholas Todorov, tuba, Duquesne University, student of Dr. James Gourlay
Eleanor Edwards, violin, home-schooled, student of Rufina Yefimova
Nathan Choe, cello, PA Leadership Charter School, student of Adam Liu