2019 2020
Impact Report
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Investing in Today’s Youth, Training Tomorrow’s Leaders
TABLE OF CONTENTS Reflection: A Remarkable Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Transformation: A New Name Reflecting Historic Growth and Impact. . . . 2 Possibilities: Providing Musical Pathways for all Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Impact: 2019-2020 Season at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Access: Addressing the City’s Resource Gaps in Music Education. . . . . . . . 8 Innovation: Responding to a Changing World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Celebration: Focusing on Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging . . . . . 12 Collaboration: Impacting the Music Ecosystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gratitude: Thank You to our Supporters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Our Mission
The PYO Music Institute uses extraordinary music education through the pursuit of music excellence to inspire a strong sense of character, discipline, commitment, and community for our diverse student population.
REFLECTION: A REMARKABLE SEASON
Dear Friends, The 2019-2020 season was a remarkable one in many
Thank you for being part of this remarkable season. Your
ways. We were thrilled to celebrate our 80th anniversary
support and commitment have ensured that we continue
of serving youth with transformative music education.
to train the next generation of leaders with the best in
We marvel at the growth of our organization and know
orchestral music education.
that it is because of you—our community of patrons, partners, music educators, and supporters—that we
As we enter the next phase of our organization, we hope
continue to offer our students the best in orchestral
you will continue to support us as we provide life-changing
music education.
music education to our talented and dedicated students.
Our organization has dramatically grown and expanded
With all best regards,
over the past 15 years, and so our 80th Anniversary milestone presented an ideal occasion to implement changes that reflect this growth. Our new organizational banner, PYO Music Institute, conveys the breadth and depth of our programs and the impact we are having on more students in more ways than ever. The timing of this change could not be more appropriate. Music is a great unifier of people and a vehicle for social
Louis Scaglione President and Music Director
change. Being a member of an orchestra is a model for community as it brings people together as peers from all segments of our society to play in harmony. Now is the time when we must listen to each other, learn from one another, and grow together.
Dear Friends
This season was also remarkable in that our society
was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this report, we outline many of the innovations and
opportunities that have come from this challenging time. The work of our students and faculty this season is a
testament to their resiliency and continued pursuit of excellence.
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Transformation: A New Name Reflecting Historic Growth and Impact Founded in 1939, the organization has had a solid trajectory of growth over its 80-year history. Through the support of many donors and patrons, we now provide a musical learning pathway for nearly 600 students annually ages six to 21. It is an understatement to say we outgrew our name! So to better convey the breadth, depth, and impact of our programs, we have adopted a new organizational banner: PYO Music Institute. Under this new name and appearance, we will continue to provide our students with excellent music education while growing in offerings to train the next generation of leaders. Thank you for journeying with us into this new season of our organization.
Š 1939 Germantown Youth Orchestra is established
Germantown Youth Orchestra becomes incorporated
1948
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1951 Organization is renamed to Youth Orchestra of Greater Philadelphia
Organization is renamed to Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
1982
1995 Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra is established
600
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400
NUMBER OF STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS 300
200
100
0
Bravo Brass is invited into the PYO Organization
2003
2007 Prysm Strings is established
Tune Up Philly – Orchestral Pathways Program is established
2010
2016
PYO Organization is renamed to PYO Music Institute
Young Musicians Debut Orchestra is established
2020
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Possibilities: Providing Musical Pathways for All Students In addition to a new name for our parent organization, several PYO Music Institute ensembles also have new names to more clearly reflect their role and purpose. Your support sustains PYO Music Institute’s expansive musical continuum, so every student finds a home within an ensemble with a clear trajectory for their future endeavors.
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Advanced
Next Phase of Musical and Personal Development
PYO
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
Advanced Beginner
Intermediate
BRAVO BRASS
PYAO
Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra
Non-PYO Music Institute Programs (i.e., arts high school, Musicopia, etc.)
PRYSM STRINGS
YMDO
Young Musicians Debut Orchestra
PRYSM STRINGS Young Artist
TUNE UP PHILLY Orchestral Pathways Program
Beginner
Non-PYO Music Institute instruction (i.e., private lessons, Suzuki, school music program)
The City School - Poplar Studios
The City School – Fairmount Studios
The City School – Spruce Hill Studios
People for People Charter School Studio
St. Helena-Incarnation Catholic School Studios
St. Barnabas Catholic School Studios
Marianna Bracetti Academy Charter School Studios
St. James School Studios
Salvation Army Kroc Center Studios
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Impact: 2019-2020 Season at a Glance
Students come from a Over 500 Students
70-mile radius
$110,000 provided in Financial Aid 47% of. Students Receive Free or Reduced Tuition
62 Faculty Members 16% are Alumni of the PYO Music Institute 29% are Philadelphia Orchestra musicians
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Programming 7 Days a Week 7 PYO Concerts Broadcast on Radio Station WRTI-90.1 FM to Over 300,000 Listeners
8 College and Conservatory Audition Preparation Classes Offered
12 Live and Virtual Concerts
87 Graduates are currently attending 45 Colleges, university and conservatories in 18 states and 2 countries 17% are attending Ivy League schools 46% plan to major in music
College Majors MUSIC PERF ORMANCE
305 Donors Gave $703,745 in contributed revenue
OTHER MUSIC EDUCATION
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Access: Addressing the City’s Resource Gaps in Music Education We believe every child should have access to joy and beauty through the life-affirming and character-building pursuit of the arts. Committed to equitable access to music, Tune Up Philly
Within 10 years, Tune Up Philly has proven that its model
provides music education in Philadelphia’s most under-
creates happy musicians who take pride in their artform
served areas of Philadelphia where resources and access
and abilities. These students take with them the values
to music instruction are limited. In addressing these gaps
learned in Tune Up Philly—dedication, goal-setting,
in arts access through school partnerships, Tune Up
creativity and teamwork—beyond their time in the
Philly makes participation in music a reality for hundreds
program, and many go on to become critical members
of students and families.
of every audition-based ensemble and magnet and arts high school in the city.
TUNE UP PHILLY PARTNER SITES
A The City School (Fairmount Campus) 860 N 24th St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
B People for People Charter 800 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
C The City School (Poplar Campus) 910 N 6th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
D The City School (Spruce Hill Campus) 4115 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104
E St. Barnabas Catholic School 6334 Buist Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19142
F St. James School 3217 W Clearfield St, Philadelphia, PA 19132
G Salvation Army Kroc Center 4200 Wissahickon Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19129
H St. Helena-Incarnation Catholic School 6101 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19120
I Marianna Bracetti Academy 1840 Torresdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124
MAP: With nine program sites ranging from Southwest Philly to Fairmount and throughout North Philadelphia, Tune Up Philly works to remove barriers and ensure that the performing arts represent our city’s demographics.
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“Tune Up Philly affected me in a very positive, very motivating, very elevating way. It helped me grow as a person and influenced me in my life as a musician. They taught me to be confident in who I am and don’t let anybody limit your abilities.” — Christopher Michael Wise III, flute
THEN AND NOW: Christopher Michael Wise, III, flute Chris joined Tune Up Philly at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in 2014. He advanced in his skills and matriculated to and advanced to CAPA, Philadelphia’s High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. Within the PYO Music Institute, Chris advanced through the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra and now plays in the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra.
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Relevance: Responding to a Changing World Educational Innovation During the Pandemic Often, the times of greatest challenge lead to the greatest innovation. When faced with not being able to meet in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we quickly shifted our programming online to continue serving our students. Digital Learning:
Audition Support Videos:
Each program division pivoted to offer virtual group
Musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra recorded 18
sectionals, conversations, and instruction. For students
videos for auditioning students. Each video shared helpful
with limited access to bandwidth, teaching artists
pointers on scales and excerpts required for auditions.
provided asynchronous learning content accessible on YouTube and the PYO Music Institute website.
Virtual Orchestra Projects: As year-end capstone projects, each program division
Online Auditions:
produced virtual concerts made from individual student
For the first time ever, PYO Music Institute offered online
performances. The whole is truly greater than sum of its
auditions via Acceptd. Thanks to investment from our
parts! Alumni were also invited to participate, and over
dedicated donors, we were able to cover fees assessed
80 joined in. You can watch these performances at www.
by the platform and continue to offer auditions free of
pyomusic.org/an-evening-of-harmony.
charge. In this and many other ways, supporters help us remain committed to removing barriers to accessing
Celebrating Virtually:
excellent music education.
We were proud to present our first-ever virtual celebration, An Evening of Harmony, to conclude our 80th anniversary season. The live-streamed event featured performances by PYO Music Institute students, recognition of Helen T. Carp, Distinguished Service
When faced with not being able to
Award, and Ovation Award recipients, and virtual
meet in person due to the COVID-19
4,000 views! We are grateful for the opportunity to share
pandemic, we quickly shifted
significant individuals and organizations that
orchestra performances. The video has attracted over our students’ accomplishments and to recognize those have supported their work.
our programming online to continue serving our students.
Members of the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra created a virtual performance of Finlandia by Jean Sibelius.
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“I enjoyed my time in the PMAY program. Overall, I’m thankful that they helped introduce me to my teacher because she helped me grow my confidence and always brought something new to the table.” — Gevon Goddard, cello, PYO ‘20
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Celebration: Focusing on Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging PYO Music Institute has long served a diverse student and family population. Our commitment to and support for diversity and inclusion has been implicit throughout our history. As we progress the organization, we recognize that this implicit commitment needs to be made more explicit. We also aim to further foster equity and a strong sense of welcome and belonging. We are taking many concrete steps toward these ends.
Impact of PMAY Artist’s Initiative
New Board of Trustees Committee on Diversity,
Through the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY)
Inclusion, Equity and Belonging (DIEB)
Artist’s Initiative, funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon
The PYO Music Institute Board of Trustees has established
Foundation, PYO Music Institute supports students from
a new committee to examine and improve the Institute’s
under-represented and low-income communities. We
current policies, practices, and programs related to DIEB.
provide students with financial resources and mentorship in their journey towards college or conservatory. In the
Commitment to Diverse Repertoire
2019-2020 season, 35 PMAY Artists participated in our
As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and
ensembles, and eight matriculated to schools such as
inclusion and our work to use music as a vehicle for social
Temple University, Peabody Conservatory, Cleveland
change, beginning in the 2020-21 season, we will program
Institute of Music, and Colburn Conservatory.
repertoire by diverse composers for every ensemble and program division.
PYO Music Institute Joins ACCESS Philly In the 2019-2020 season, tickets to all concerts offered by the PYO Music Institute became available to Pennsylvania ACCESS card holders for $2. ACCESS Philly, a city-wide initiative led by Art-Reach, empowers individuals and families who come from a low-income household, or
“PMAY was a great help to me and my musical future. I liked having a lot
those with disabilities, to engage with arts and culture in
of opportunities to perform, and the
the Greater Philadelphia region at a rate they can afford.
masterclasses offered were insightful
Thank you for sustaining us in our mission to expand access, both for our students and audiences.
experiences. — Gabriel Gaw, bass, PYO ‘19
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Collaboration: Impacting the Music Ecosystem While our students are the heart and soul of the PYO Music Institute, we are also proud to support an entire network of musicians and individuals.
Radio Audience
Guest Artists
The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
In November 2019, PYO musicians partnered with guest
maintains a close relationship with
conductor Josephine Lee and vocalist Lisa Fischer and
radio station WRTI 90.1-FM, which
her band, Grand Baton, for a concert in Verizon Hall as
broadcasts PYO concert recordings
part of Kimmel Center Presents!
weekly in November and May to an audience of approximately 300,000 listeners. PYO was featured seven times in the 2019-20 season.
Community Partners Tune Up Philly partnered with the Barnes Foundation to plan a Friday evening outing for TUP cellists (Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra performed a Haydn Cello Concerto).
Music Majors We support our students who desire to pursue a post-secondary education in music through our College and Conservatory Audition Preparation program (CCAP). This series of information sessions and mock auditions (presented by faculty from The Philadelphia Orchestra) for juniors and seniors offers insight into choosing a school, performing trial lessons, and taking auditions.
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Music Educators The Ovation Award honors an outstanding music teacher who, while imparting musical knowledge, builds character, self-confidence and capabilities that position students for success in every aspect of their lives. This year’s Ovation Award recipient, Susan Ohrt, received the most nominations—37!—in the award’s history.
Composers The PYO Music Institute strengthens the next generation of composers by performing the winning composition of our Young Composers Competition. This season, we took a hiatus on the competition to commission alumnus Sheridan Seyfried to write a piece, entitled “Flourishes and Dreams,” for PYO’s 80th Anniversary Festival Concert.
Alumni We launched an Alumni Network for our more than 5,000 alumni in 20192020. During the holiday season, the Alumni Network joined PYO for a Holiday Side-by-Side. The combined 160-piece orchestra read through Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony and played fun holiday tunes including Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.
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Gratitude: Thank You to our Supporters Foundations Abele Family Foundation, Inc Betty and D. Walter Cohen Foundation, in honor of Louis Scaglione Charities Aid Foundation of America Charitable Foundation Dominion Energy Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Citizens Charitable Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Foundation for Individual Liberty GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Bruce A. Hauptfuhrer Charitable Fund The Allen Hilles Fund Leroy Kean Family Foundation McGinley Family Foundation The McLean Contributionship Morelli Family Charitable Fund Neubauer Family Foundation The Carter A. Pottash Family Charitable Fund Presser Foundation Psalm 103 Foundation Rosenlund Family Foundation Caroline J. Sanders Trust #2 The Huston Foundation The Maguire Foundation The Seattle Foundation Howell Lockhart Seiple Trust William Penn Foundation
Music @ Menlo National Philanthropic Trust Paul E. Stevens Violins Philadelphia Insurance Companies Philadelphia International Music Festival Philadelphia Music and Arts Festival PIDC Community Capital Group PNC Bank Point CounterPoint Republic Bank SAP SE Settlement Music School Sewanee Summer Music Festival Shenandoah Conservatory St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Haverford Trust Company U-Now Associates, LLC UHS of Delaware/Pennsylvania United Way of Midland County University of Rochester WRTI-FM WSFS Bank
Corporations/Organizations/Advertisers 4 Storage Group, LLC Amazon Smile Arts Aid PHL COVID-19 Relief Fund Bachrach Photography Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University Catholic University Citizens Bank Cleveland Institute of Music Colburn School Comcast Corporation Citizens Bank David Michie Violins Eastern US Music Camp Mount Airy Violins and Bows FIS Group, Inc. Global Indemnity Group Services, LLC Hartt School of Music at University of Hartford Holman Automotive Group, Inc. Jacobs Music Company Johnson and Johnson Kozloff Charitable Fund J.W. Pepper and Son, Inc. Liberty Mutual Insurance Meridian Bank Microsoft Morgan Stanley Gift Fund
Benefactor ($5,000 and Up) Lois and Julian Brodsky Joseph and Marie Field James and Susan Matour David R. McShane Denise Houghton and David Michie Sandra Muller, in memory of Pina Templeton Mr. Mark Nicoletti Susan E.T. Petrone Mr. Robert Pick Alice and Walter Strine, Esq.
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Government Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania National Endowment for the Arts-Council on the Arts COVID Grants Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Guarantor ($2,500 to $4,999) Dr. Kenneth Blank Robert T. Foley Kathy and Frank Dilenschneider Dr. and Mrs. Joseph DiMauro Penelope P. Harris Sarah and Zachary Johns, Esq. Terrence and Elizabeth McCabe Heather Moore Devine Drs. James W. Buehler and Lydia Ogden Carl and Christina Primavera Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith Ms. Denise Valmé-Lundy, Esq.
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