Pitt Ensemble Auditions for Fall 2021
AUDITIONS ARE NOW CLOSED: Thanks to all who auditioned!
University Orchestra
Spring 2021 Audio and Video Releases
Our students and faculty worked extremely hard all semester in circumstances that could not have been more challenging to the process of making music, but somehow they managed to produce a wide variety of inspiring performances. We are sure you will enjoy this collection if their recent work.
Roger Zahab leads Pitt's Symphony Orchestra in this virtual performance of Judtih Weir's Sinfonia Comatica.
A Remote Chance at Making Music
Pitt Ensemble Auditions for Fall 2019
Students from all over the University participate in musical activities and performances, and are often joined in the ensembles by faculty and members of the community at large. Find out how to join the different music department ensembles below.
Pitt's Orchestra Performs in New York
A Conversation with Memory: Music in Memory of Roger Hendrix
Symphony Orchestra: April 17
The orchestra performs John Cage's Living Room Music, Fred Ho’s When the Real Dragons Fly! for bari sax and orchestra with soloist Ben Barson, and Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 (movements 1, 2 and 3).
Symphony Orchestra: February 27
Pitt's orchestra performs Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto, featuring student soloist Clement Ekaputra, and Antonin Dvorak's Serenade for strings in E major, op 22. Codee Spinner takes the podium to conduct Julia Perry's Symphony in one movement for violas and string basses.
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: December 5
Pitt's Symphony Orchestra performs a new work by Daniel S. Godfrey for clarinet and orchestra. The composition is in memory of Roger Hendrix and features faculty soloist Mary Beth Malek. The orchestra closes out the program with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and Johannes Brahms's Symphony no. 4.
2018 Ensemble Auditions and Sign-ups
Auditions and signups will be held for Department of Music student ensembles at the beginning of the fall term. Our choirs and instrumental ensembles are open to students throughout the University and you are encouraged to apply regardless of your major. Below, please find specific instructions for each of our ensembles.