Philadelphia Girls Choir

Meet 15-year-old vocalist and guitarist Alison Haydu, a rising sophomore at Central High School in Philadelphia, and a member of the All-City High School Chorus, the Philadelphia Girls Choir, and a 2025-2026 Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts Philly All-City Jazz Fellow for guitar.

Join us on Sunday, Aug. 10 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a single work: Mahler’s massive Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and three local choirs: the Philadelphia Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs, and the women of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.

Join us on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a complete encore presentation of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Fanfare this week is a stocking full of Christmas wonder, including Handel's 'Messiah' and the Philadelphia Girls Choir.