Faculty and staff are invited to watch students from the Mary Pappert School of Music when they participate in three events during the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) inaugural Music for the Spirit Festival, a city-wide series of special events from Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 28.
The music students will help the PSO kick off the Music for the Spirit Festival with Singing City, a large-scale, historic concert on April 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center. More than 2,500 singers from 65 Pittsburgh area choirs will join the PSO in a program that will include selections from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem; the theme from Sibelius’ Finlandia, This is My Song and the chorale finale of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection. They will also stage the world premiere of a newly commissioned work for a cappella choir, Sing as One, composed by Pittsburgh native Jonny Priano.
On Tuesday, April 23, Celebrating the Next Generation will provide a rare opportunity for Duquesne’s Pappert Chorales, Voices of Spirit and the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra to perform alongside the Carnegie Mellon University Concert choir and the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra in a concert under the direction of PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck.
Additionally, the Pappert Women’s Chorale will participate in Ofer Ben-Amot’s chamber opera The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds on Thursday, April 25, and on Sunday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the New Hazlett Theater, in conjunction with the PSO and the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival.
Ticket information:
- Celebrating the Next Generation, free, and can be ordered online (fees apply) or by calling the Heinz Hall box office at 412.392.4900.
- Singing City, $20 for the general public, $10 for students with valid I.D.s, $5 for children 12 and under.
- The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds, $25 in advance or $30 at the door, and may be purchased online or via the PSO box office at 412.392.4900. Student tickets, $15, are available by phone only.