Play On Philly

Meet clarinetist Zakyya McClenny, a graduating senior from the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, who will attend the Peabody Institute in the fall as a music education major.

During a recent visit arranged by Play on Philly and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Sheku Kanneh-Mason answered some questions not only from schoolchildren but also from WRTI.

Superstar cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason spent a recent afternoon with young musicians, courtesy of Play On Philly and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. He brought his instrument and some good advice.

Meet 15-year-old tubist, Keith Holmes, principal tubist of the Play on Philly Children’s Orchestra.

Play On, Philly! founder and director Stanford Thompson stopped by WRTI on Monday with three of his charges to talk with WRTI's Kile Smith. Pledge now to…

When Stanford Thompson left Philadelphia with a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, the talented trumpeter had a myriad of career options that…

A new film debuting at the 2014 Philadelphia Film Festival documents the activities of two after-school intensive music programs for children in…

Play On, Philly is an innovative music program modeled after Venezuela’s network of youth orchestras known as "El Sistema." Curtis Institute of Music…

Simon Rattle, the British-born conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, is one of the best-known classical musicians alive. His influence shows up in all…