PYO Music Institute

Meet 17 year-old violist Isaiah Rose, a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) artist, and member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and Settlement Music School’s Advanced Study program.

Meet 17-year-old cellist Samuel Cao, principal cellist in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the cellist in Settlement Music School’s Advanced Study Myer Schwartz Piano Trio, and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

Meet harpist Maya Lindsey, a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, who got her start on the instrument with the Lyra Society.

Meet 14-year-old percussionist Sydney Charlene Vance, a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Youth Symphonic Band, and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

Meet 16-year-old oboist Liliana Ortiz, a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Settlement Music School's Advanced Wind Quintet, and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

Meet hornist Evan Bretz, a section leader in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and a mechanical engineering student at Rowan University.

Meet Katie Neary, an 18-year-old jazz saxophonist and a first-year jazz studies performance student at Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.

Meet 15-year-old trombonist Henry Koban Payne, winner of the 2023 Composition and Arranging Contest at the Jazz at Lincoln's Center's Essentially Ellington Competition.

Meet 16-year-old violinist Gabriela Salvador Riera, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

Tune in on Sundays in November from 4 to 6 p.m. to hear the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra in concerts recorded live at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall. Enjoy performances by some of the most talented young musicians in our region conducted by PYO Music Director Louis Scaglione.