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[![](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PYPFEST_2_ENSEMBLE_1080X1080_PYCO-1024x1024.jpg)](https://portlandyouthphil.org/concerts-tickets/season-97-virtual-concerts/pypfest2/134/)**
I am totally excited to invite you to the [Portland Youth Philharmonic New Music Festival Vol. 2**](https://portlandyouthphil.org/concerts-tickets/season-97-virtual-concerts/pypfest2/134/): “*The Orchestra Strikes Back*” **Saturday, April 10 at 7pm PT (10pm EDT)**.**
The PYP strings will perform the premiere of my commissioned piece [“*Turning Tides***.”](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/works-catalog/turning-tides/)

These young musicians deserve so much respect for preserving with their music studies through the pandemic. Plus, they have been performing brand new works by contemporary composers!**
Please show your support with an e-ticket purchase for the [PYP New Music Festival Vol. 2**](https://portlandyouthphil.org/concerts-tickets/season-97-virtual-concerts/pypfest2/134/) **Saturday, April 10 at 7pm PT (10pm EDT)**. E-tickets are on a “pay-what-you-can” scale. A free e-ticket is also an option. All payments made towards our virtual concerts are considered tax-deductible donations.

**Can’t make it at 7:00 PM? Sign-up for an e-ticket for the watch link. After the concert has “aired,” you can watch it on your own time through the same link.** Please fill out a ticket form for each email address where you would like to receive the link to watch.

PYPFEST Vol. 2 features 10 new compositions primarily by women and musicians of color (as part of the Youth Orchestra Commissioning Initiative), performed by all of our ensembles.

Commissioned composers include Eduardo Alonso-Crespo, Tatev Amiryan, Jonathan Bingham, Sakari Dixon Vanderveer, Erberk Eryılmaz, Gabriel A. Meneses, Gordon Rencher, Bruce Stark, James Stephenson, and Rain Worthington.

			[View Catalog](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/music/)
[View Recordings](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/recordings/)