The 2018 PCS Young Artists auditions were held on Saturday, March 3. The adjudicator was Dr. Mitchell Arnold, Associate Professor and Director of Orchestra Activities at West Virginia University.

Dr. Arnold chose the following winners, listed in alphabetical order:

Chelsea Chao, piano, North Allegheny Intermediate School, a student of Natasha Snitkovsky

The Cygnus Quartet, coached by Karissa Zadinsky
 Chaehyun "Cuna" Kim. violin, Fox Chapel Area High School
 Sein Lee, violin, Mt Lebanon Senior High School
 Seowon "Thomas" Chang, viola, Peters Township High School
 Mirra Rusmussen, cello, Chartiers Valley High School

Maine Hoppo, violin, North Allegheny Senior High School, a student of Hong-Guang Jia

Jackson Hunt, piano, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, a student of Yeeha Chiu

​Hannah Ishizaki, violin, Mt Lebanon Senior High School, a student of Hong-Guang Jia

Chaehyun "Cuna" Kim, violin, Fox Chapel Area High School, a student of Irene Cheng

Serena Luo, piano, Upper Saint Clair High School, a student of Hanna Wu Li

Jacob Ujhazy, piano, Hopewell Senior High School, a student of Donna Amato

Annie Wang, piano, Aquinas Academy, a student of Marina Lupinacci

Yosen Wang, viola, North Allegheny Senior High School, a student of Marylène Gingras-Roy

The winners will receive Benjamin and Anna Perlow Scholarships and will be features in concerts on March 18 and April 8, 2018 at the Kresge Theater, CMU campus.

More information will be available on the PCS web site as we finalize the concert schedule.

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all those who participated in these auditions.

Sep 17, 2017: Major Artists

Pittsburgh Cello Quartet
     Charlie Powers
     Bronwyn Banerdt
     Michael DeBruyn
     Alexandra Thompson

Natalie Severson, Harp

Oct 8, 2017: Major Artists

The Tartan Trio
     Mia Venezia, Harp
     Aydan Hensley, Flute
     Brandon Foster, Viola

Alianna Whiteaker-Chudecke, Soprano

Nov 5, 2017: Major Artists

Clarinet and Piano Duo
     Richard Smith, Clarinet
     Jiyoung Sin, Piano

Shadyside Brass Quintet
     Douglas Peters, French Horn
     Joe Figliulo, Trumpet
     David DeAngelo, Trumpet
     Justin Miller, Trombone
     Matthew Tesch, Bass Trombone

March 3, 2018

Young Artist Auditions
Adjudicator, Harvey Felder, Director of Orchestral Studies, University of Connecticut

Mar 18, 2018

Young Artists Concert

Apr 8, 2018

Young Artists Concert

Apr 20 and 21, 2018

Major Auditions
Adjudicator, Harvey Felder, Director of Orchestral Studies, University of Connecticut

April 22, 2018

PCS 75th Anniversary Celebration

Jun 3, 2018

Alumni Concert

All programs are from 10:05 to 10:35 AM. The programs are streamed live then archived at SLBRadio.org

6/3/2017 Piano duo
     Yosen Wang 
     Futen Wang, 

6/10/2017 Viola duo
     Devin Moore 
     James Cunningham, 

6/17/2017 Eric Wang, piano

7/1/2017 William Wang, violin

7/22/2017 Devin Moore, viola

7/29/2017 Well Tempered Trio
     Joseph Comella, violin
     Cameron Schepner, piano
     Christopher Fedor, cello

8/5/2017 Austin Li, piano

September 17, 2017:

Pittsburgh Cello Quartet
      Charlie Powers
      Bronwyn Banerdt
      Michael DeBruyn
      Alexandra Thompson

Natalie Severson, harp

October 8, 2017:

Harp, flute and viola trio
     Mia Venezia, harp
     Aydan Hensley, flute
     Brandon Foster, viola

Alianna Whiteaker-Chudecke, soprano

November 5, 2017:

Clarinet and piano duo
     Richard Smith, clarinet
    Jiyoung Sin, piano

Shadyside Brass Quintet
     Douglas Peters, French horn
     Joe Figliulo, trumpet
     David DeAngelo, trumpet
     Justin Miller, trombone
     Matthew Tesch, bass trombone

The 2017 Major auditions of the Pittsburgh Concert Society were held on April 21 and 22. The adjudicator was James Gandre, President of the Manhattan School of Music.

Dr. Gander selected the following winners:

Aliana Whiteaker-Chudecke, soprano

Natalie Severson, harp

Harp, flute and viola trio:
Mia Venezia, harp
Aydan Hensley, flute
Brandon Foster, viola

Shadyside Brass Quintet
Douglas Peters, French horn
Joe Figliulo, trumpet
David DeAngelo, trumpet
Justin Miller, trombone
Matthew Tesch, trombone

Clarinet and piano duo:
Richard Smith 
Jiyoung Sin

Pittsburgh Cello Quartet:
Charlie Powers
Bronwyn Banerdt
Michael DeBruyn
Alexandra Thompson

The winners will be featured in concerts in September, October and November. Further information will be available on this site once scheduling is finalized.

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all those who participated in these auditions.

The winners of the 2017 PCS Young Artists auditions will be featured as follows:

March 12. 2017

Yossen and Futen Wang, piano duo
Well Tempered Trio
Eric Wang, piano
James Cunningham IV and Devin Moore, viola duo

March 26, 2017

Qilin Ye, piano
William Wang, violin
Devin Moore, viola
Amadeus Quintet

The PCS Young Artists auditions were held on Saturday, January 7, 2017. The adjudicator was James Gandre, president of the Manhattan School of Music.  Dr. Gandre selected the following winners, listed by alphabetical order:

The Amadeus Quintet, coached by Dennis O'Boyle:
      Joseph Comella, violin, home schooled, student of Cyrus Forough
      Minori Hayakawa, violin, Upper St. Clair High School, student of Ellen Chen-Livingston
      Yosen Wang, viola, North Allegheny High School, student of Marylène Gingras-Roy
      Chris Fedor, cello, North Allegheny High School, student of Katya Janpoladyan
      Ariana Chiu, piano, Upper St. Clair High School, student of Natasha Snitkovsky

James Cunningham IV, CAPA, and Devin Moore, Chartiers Valley High School, viola duo, students of Marylène Gingras-Roy.

Austin Li, piano, Upper Saint Clair High School, a student of Luz Manriquez

Devin Moore, viola, Chartiers Valley High School, student of Marylène Gingras-Roy,

Eric Wang, piano, Ingomar Middle School, student of Natasha Snitkovsky

William Wang, violin, North allegheny Intermediate High School, student of Monique Mead

Well Tempered Trio, coached by Marina Lupinacci
         Joseph Comella, violin, home schooled, student of Cyrus Forough
         Cameron Schepner, piano, Hampton High School, student of Marina Lupinacci
         Chris Fedor, cello, North Allegheny High School, student of Katya Janpoladyan

Piano Duo
        Yosen Wang, North Allegheny High school, student of Marina Lupinacci
        Futen Wang, North Allegheny Intermediate High School, student of Marina Lupinacci

Each of the winners will receive a Benjamin and Anna Perlow Scholarship and will be featured on one of two concerts, March 12 and 26, 2017. Further information about these concerts will be posted as soon as programmimg is finalized.

Thanks to all those who participated in the auditions and congratulations to the winners.