CYM Alumni

04/13/2020

We are online! Center for Young Musicians now offers online lessons for everyone. Head to youngmusicians.org to register for lessons in your home.

03/10/2020

This week is the week! If you haven't yet, be sure to click the link below to register for the first ever CYM Drum Circle! https://youngmusicians.org/upcoming-events-workshops-activities/

03/03/2020

Sports and music tend to overlap quite a bit in Pittsburgh, but who could guess that a percussion instrument would help visually impaired kids play hockey?! Check out the video below of the Pittsburgh Rhinos blind hockey team.

Now, you're probably wondering how visually impaired kids would be able to play hockey. Well, the secret is all in the puck. Instead of a normal hockey puck, they use an over-sized metal puck with ball bearings in it. So the players are using a metal tambourine in order to hear where to go!

Be sure to check out the Rhinos as they play during the intermission of a Wheeling Nailers game!

https://www.facebook.com/WhgNailers/videos/1910962455714273/

02/26/2020

It's ! Today we take a look at the impact of Ms. Grace Bumbry!
From LAOpera.org : "Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry was known for her fiery passion and dramatic performances on the stage. With a career spanning over 60 years, Bumbry was part of the pioneering generation of Black opera singers that followed Marian Anderson, paving the road for later classical musicians and opera singers. With her mastery of the bel canto technique, Bumbry is one of the more successful singers who made the difficult transition from mezzo-soprano to high soprano. She has performed at such opera houses at Royal Opera House, La Scala, Met Opera, Basel Opera, and Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company among many (many, many, many) others. Bumbry even sang at LA Opera, performing the role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth in 1987. On Dec. 6, 2009, she was among those honored with the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, for her many contributions to the performing arts. Bumbry is currently 81."

For more information about Ms. Bumbry, you can click the link below to go to her personal website: https://gracebumbry.com/biography/

02/25/2020

Hip Hip Hooray! We're celebrating the Leap Year with Ms. Leah's Community Concert! Be sure not to miss it this Saturday in Sewickley! Click the link below to learn more!

https://youngmusicians.org/round-out-your-year-with-this-leap-day-concert/

02/21/2020

It's Friday! Celebrate with Beethoven's 9th Symphony as performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra!

On May 7, 1824, Beethoven shared his 9th Symphony with the world even though he could never hear it. On May 7, 2015 celebrate the anniversary of Beethoven’s ...

02/19/2020

Today for , we are celebrating the life of Ms. Marian Anderson.
From LAOpera.org "Marian Anderson is, undoubtedly, one of the most celebrated classical singers in the 20th century. A beautiful contralto (there aren't nearly enough in the world!), Anderson preferred to sing in concert and recital, but made one groundbreaking operatic appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955, as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, when she became the Met's first Black soloist. Her most iconic performance came even earlier, however. After the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let Anderson sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and President Franklin D. Roosevelt aided in making arrangements for Anderson to perform in a critically acclaimed open-air concert on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Anderson died at 96 in 1993."

For more information about Ms. Anderson, check out the link below from http://ow.ly/41kg50ydbLk

02/14/2020

Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate, here's Henry Mancini's famous 'Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet' as performed by Andre' Rieu. Did you know that Henry Mancini is from the Pittsburgh area? Although he was born in Cleveland, he grew up in West Alliquippa and even attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University).

André Rieu performing Love theme from Romeo and Juliet, taken from the DVD "André Rieu - Romantic Moments". For concert dates and tickets visit: http://www.a...

02/13/2020

We're always excited when a Pittsburgher makes a splash in the music world! Check out the link below to learn more about third-generation jazz musician Benny Benack III and his upcoming album "A Lot of Livin’ to Do".

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/third-generation-pittsburgh-bred-jazz-musician-discusses-local-influence-and-new-album/Content?oid=16736903

02/12/2020

It's time again for ! This week, we are highlighting the incredible Ms. Leontyne Price!
From LAOpera.org: "Perhaps no American opera singer in history, regardless of race, has achieved as much universal respect as soprano Leontyne Price. Born in Laurel, Miss. in 1927, Price's career began as a student at The Juilliard School, where her performance as Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff in 1952 garnered her early acclaim. She is best known for her operatic interpretations of operas by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, not to mention her proclivity for new works from composers such as Samuel Barber. In 1966, Price sang at the inaugural performance at the new Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center, starring as Cleopatra in the world premiere of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra. She would eventually sing 201 performances at the Met in 16 productions, and has also been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Kennedy Center Honor, the National Medal of Arts and many more. Price recently celebrated her 91st birthday and can be seen in Susan Froemke's 2017 documentary The Opera House."

For more information about Ms. Leontyne Price, check out the link below from the New York Time's article about her: http://ow.ly/25Wq50ydb74

02/11/2020

Don't forget! Guitar Department Group is meeting this Saturday at CYM Wexford at 10:30 a.m. Seeya there!

02/07/2020

Check it out! Left-Handed pitcher Steven Brault will be performing with the PSO tonight! Be sure to click the link to read more about it on http://ow.ly/8mgQ50ygP2L!

https://youngmusicians.org/which-pirates-pitcher-is-hoping-for-a-perfect-pitch-at-heinz-hall/