THE ARTS as an orchestral arrangement, Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” featuring soloist Andrew Tyson, Giacomo Puccini’s “I Crisantemi” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4,” often called the Italian. Tyson is another soloist who falls into the category of ris-ing talent. The Julliard graduate has performed across North America and Europe, including concerts with the North Carolina Symphony, the Moscow Virtuosi, the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Belgium. “I really thought of this concert as something to accom-pany Valentine’s Day and a night out,” Meyer said. “The music on the program is definitely romantic, not from the era, but in that it has such sheer beauty and el-egance about it.” The season ends on March 17 with a “Musical Landscapes” concert that will include Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring Suite,” Reinhold Glière’s “Horn Concerto,” featuring William Caballero of the Pittsburgh Symphony on French horn, and Bedrich Smetana’s “Music from Ma Vlast (My Country).” For this program, Reindl said, they are planning to enlist the help of local schools’ art departments to have students work on landscape pieces that will be displayed in a pre-concert art show. Reindl said that when designing a season’s programming, they always work to see how they can best represent the com-munity in their concerts. “We have graduated from the level of being a community orchestra to where we are a fully paid regional professional orchestra, but we still want to make sure every concert has a community tie-in,” he said. The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra is considered by the American League of Symphony Orchestras to be a “group seven” organization, group eight being the smallest and group one being the largest orchestras in the nation. Groups seven and eight make up the bulk of orchestras in the U.S. Even with the community’s support, there are still chal-lenges to running an orchestra and remaining profitable. Like virtually every arts organization in the nation, the WSO is always working to secure funding and attract the PAID ADVERTISEMENT 20 | Destination Westmoreland 2017 younger demographic. However, Reindl will be the first to agree that they have it better than many areas in the country in terms of commu-nity support. “We’re proud in this area that we have these really wonder-ful cultural institutions that can provide the same level of benefit to the community, if not more, than the professional levels that are in Pittsburgh,” Reindl said. “There really is a lot going on in Westmoreland, and the nice thing is that people here really get the interconnected-ness of the county.” adno=6482971 adno=6480218 PAID ADVERTISEMENT EDUCATION LATROBE Mark: 724-423-5580 Randy: 724-837-7948 mark@markferryauctioneer.com markferryauctioneers.com AY2076 For Over 40 Years! - Industrial - Commerical - Real Estate - Firearms adno=6479503 3517 Route 982, Latrobe, PA 15650 Like Us on Facebook The City of Latrobe has a rich history of more than 160 years, with such longtime landmarks as the Saint Vincent Archabbey, Saint Vincent College and Latrobe Brewery. While famous as the birthplace of Arnold Palmer and Fred Rogers, Latrobe still has much to offer today. The city prides itself on being a safe, livable and vibrant place to live and visit, and it offers a wide array of events year-round, including Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent in July and August and the annual Banana Split Celebration near the end of summer in the city where the dessert treat was invented. adno=6483154
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