Pittsburgh Music Organizations

Pittsburgh Region

• Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh
  The Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh is a group dedicated to bringing wind chamber music to the greater Pittsburgh community. Primarily a wind quintet, the group also regularly performs trios, quartets, and larger works.
• Allegheny Brass Band
  An ensemble of 30 of the best brass players in southwestern Pennsylvania that plays a variety of music styles during a regular concert series in the Greater Pittsburgh area between late fall and early spring of each year.
• American Recorder Society, Pittsburgh Chapter
  A membership organization open to players of recorder and other early music instruments at all skill levels.
• The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
  A large concert choir of approximately 100 singers that performs major choral works by many composers, from Renaissance to Contemporary.
• Butler County Symphony Orchestra
  A community orchestra presenting six concerts per season.
• Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society
  Calliope is a nonprofit educational and presenting organization that promotes and preserves traditional and contemporary folk music and its allied arts.
• The Children's Festival Chorus
  A Pittsburgh area chorus open to children 8 and older which rehearses at Duquesne University and includes 134 children from 70 schools and 5 counties.
• Community Band South
  Community Band South provides an opportunity and place for former high school and college band members to continue to play. Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings in the Upper St. Clair Band Room from 7:30PM to 9:30PM
• Coro Latinoamericano de Pittsburgh
  Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Coro Latinoamericano (Latinamerican Choir) is a singing group of 25 men and women committed to "uniting the Americas" through a closer understanding of Latinamerican music and culture. Members represent various countries of North, Central and South America.
• Creative Life Support
  A nonprofit child of Mr. Smalls Funhouse whose mission is to bring advanced technologies & opportunities in media arts to the hands of aspiring artists & creative professionals.
• Duquesne University Mary Pappert School of Music
  Includes information on performance by their various music ensembles.
• East Winds Symphonic Band
  Based in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh, the East Winds Symphonic Band performs a variety of music arranged for concert band, including symphonies, marches and popular melodies. Read more about this band in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• Eastern Pittsburgh Youth Orchestra
  To provide an additional outlet for young performers in western Pennsylvania and a broad-based exposure to traditional, orchestral performance practices, including a professional focus for those students of more serious intent.
• Edgewood Symphony Orchestra
  A high quality, non-professional orchestra, presenting standard "Top 40" classical music to the eastern communities.
• Greater Harmony
  Greater Harmony Chorus is a dynamic A capella women’s chorus that teaches the art of vocal harmony, provides outstanding musical entertainment throughout the Pittsburgh area, and offers unlimited opportunities for personal growth.
• Guitar Society of Fine Art
  Guitar Society of Fine Art is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to presenting guitar music of the finest quality, and to extending awareness and appreciation of the fine art of music through educational and community outreach programs and service.
• The Heinz Chapel Choir
  The University of Pittsburgh's premiere a cappella group which performs a broad repertoire that ranges from the music of the Renaissance to jazz, and everything in between.
• InAcchord
  A mixed vocal acappella ensemble of 9 singers
• Jalsah Pittburgh
  A jalsah or qa'dah is an informal musical gathering, in this case a community event designed to promote awareness about middle-eastern music, culture, and dance.
• Jazz Workshop, Inc
  A nonprofit organization established in 1973 by accomplished musician and social worker Harold Young, Sr. and provides free jazz music lessons to more than 200 inner city children and adults yearly.
• The Lincoln Park Community Orchestra
  An orchestra composed of adult and advanced high school musicians who enjoy playing classical and lighter arrangements for standard symphonic orchestral instruments. The group practices at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, Pa., on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 PM. For more information contact lparkorchestra@aol.com
• McKeesport Symphony Orchestra
  provides activities and programs including full-orchestra concerts at McKeesport High School, Kane Hospital, and Renziehausen Park, chamber music recitals, school programs, symphony chorus and youth chorus, student chair programs and young artists' competition
• Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
  The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh has been delighting audiences with its musical artistry for ninety years. Founded in 1908, The Mendelssohn is renowned for its versatility of repertoire, including oratorio, symphonic opera, Broadway and folk music. The Choir, comprised of more than 100 volunteer singers and a 20-voice professional core, is under the direction of Grammy Award-winning Robert Page, one of this country's leading choral directors. As choir of choice of the internationally-acclaimed Pittsburgh Symphony, The Mendelssohn appears on the Symphony's subscription and Pops series at Heinz Hall.
• North Suburban Symphonic Band
  An organization of professional and amateur musicians, encompassing brass, woodwinds, and percussion, based in the North Hills of Pittsburgh.
• Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
  The "other" opera. The Opera Theater of Pittsburgh was founded as a professional company featuring emerging singers and dedicated to education and audience development. It performs in outreach to children and high school audiences, concentrates on presenting much neglected, smaller early works and American operas, and provides an opportunity and serves as a base for aspiring professional singers.
• Pittsburgh Banjo Club
  The Pittsburgh Banjo Club is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the encouragement and preservation of the banjo, America’s Native Instrument. It has over 100 members, including banjos, trumpets, tubas, and bass, and its repertoire consists of sing-alongs, vocals, banjo solos, music from the ’20s and ’30s, polkas and Dixieland.
• Pittsburgh Camerata
  A chamber choir of selectively chosen singers who perform both sacred and secular choral music.
• Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society
  sponsors world-class chamber music performances
• Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra
  The PCO, now in its 45th season, has over 60 volunteer musicians who are dedicated to providing quality music at a reasonable cost to the families of Southwest Pennsylvania. The orchestra performs five concerts each season in the Upper St. Clair High School Theater.
• Pittsburgh Compline Choir
  The Pittsburgh Compline Choir, under the direction of John W. Becker, is an ecumenical and volunteer group of students, teachers, clergy and church musicians from Greater Pittsburgh.
• Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
  The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale is an 85-member ensemble of volunteer singers from all over the greater Pittsburgh area that practices in the North Hills. The group provides a three-program season of varied music each year, including a Christmas program, major classical work with orchestra, and a pops program with prominent local jazz artists.
• Pittsburgh Flute Club
  The Pittsburgh Flute Club exists to sponsor and promote musical productions and recitals featuring the flute, and to encourage flute education and instruction.
• Pittsburgh Horn Club
  A club for horn players founded in 2007 by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra horn section as a community outreach endeavor. They get together in a casual atmosphere to play horn ensemble music, learn from each other, socialize, and put on the occasional performance.
• Pittsburgh Musicians' Union
  Local 60-471 of the American Federation of Musicians with over 1,000 members who perform in the Pittsburgh Symphony, Opera and Ballet orchestras, Civic Light Opera and meny more groups throughout the Tri-State area. Offers free referral service avaiable to the public for single musicians and groups of all sizes.
• Pittsburgh Opera
  Includes information on the current season
• Pittsburgh Philharmonic
  The Pittsburgh Philharmonic, a 60-member symphony orchestra in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh, offers new and original performances in community settings. The orchestra performs 10 to 15 concerts per year, comprised of a classical season and a summer pops series.
• Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association
  The Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association includes both private teachers and those who serve as instructors in schools and colleges in the Pittsburgh area. PPTA is affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC), and the Pennsylvania Music Teachers' Association (PTMA).
• Pittsburgh Symphony
  See what Pittsburgh's major symphony is playing this season
• Pittsburgh Youth Pops Orchestra
  Pittsburgh Youth Pops Orchestra is Western Pennsylvanias only independent youth pops orchestra. PYPO provides an opportunity for dedicated young musicians, from the greater Pittsburgh area, regardless of economic status, to perform a varied repertoire of classics, movie themes, Broadway show tunes, marches and contemporary favorites.
• Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra
  The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra is nationally recognized as one of the top youth orchestras in the United States. It is comprised of 90 young musicians up to and including college age, selected by way of competitive auditions. The PYSO presents free concerts at Heinz Hall, Carnegie Music Hall and outreach locations.
• Renaissance City Choirs
  The Renaissance City Choir (RCC) is a non-profit organization working to culturally enrich audiences through choral music while educating them about the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) community. The members of the Renaissance City Men’s Choir (formed 1985), and the Renaissance City Women’s Choir (founded 1995), have raised their voices to create change through the power of music.
• Renaissance City Winds
  One of Pennsylvania's foremost chamber ensembles
• River City Brass Band
  The leading concert band in the United States today, the River City Brass Band is comprised of 28 professional musicians and has been entertaining audiences since 1982.
• Royal Tribe Music
  Royal Tribe Music is a non-profit organization established to promote the musical performing arts targeting At-Risk, socially and economically disadvantaged youth that are talented.
• Sounds of Pittsburgh Chorus, Sweet Adelines Int'l
  a superior, dynamic women's chorus which strives for musical excellence within a friendly atmosphere of mutual respect and trust.
• South Hills Junior Orchestra
  The South Hills Junior Orchestra is a non-profit metropolitan Pittsburgh youth symphony orchestra formed in 1983 to provide an orchestral playing experience for students age eight through high school.
• Steel City Harmonizers
  The Steel City Harmonizers are a male, a cappella, four-part harmony singing group and the Pittsburgh Metro Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA).
• Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania
  The Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the music of the piano, providing performance opportunities for young pianists, a scholarship competition for collegiate pianists, and a performance series dedicated to regional and national artists.
• Sweet Adelines International - Lake Erie Region #17
  Sweet Adelines International is a non-profit organization promoting the artform of acappella singing, barbershop style. In existence over 50 years, the organization is divided into regions. The award-winning Sounds of Pittsburgh Chorus (and their 7 quartets!) are part of Lake Erie Region #17.
• Three Rivers Chorus of the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
  A member of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.
• Three Rivers Songwriters Connection
  A local, non-profit organization of songwriters for the development and promotion of original music. Meetings are conducted on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Carnegie Library Of Homestead.
• Tri-County Choir Institute
  A group of four choirs (The Children's Choir, The Choraleers, The Teen Chorale and the Village Singers) under the direction of Linda Wallace.
• The University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
  In their events section you can find out about performances by their various ensembles.
• Washington Symphony Orchestra
  New orchestra provides Greater Washington area (Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia) musicians the opportunity to play pops, light classical, and classical music in a full symphony orchestra.
• West Hills Symphonic Band
  An organization of professional and amateur musicians based in the West Hills of Pittsburgh.
• Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra
  The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra presents classical music concerts throughout the Westmoreland region.

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Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
  The PCA, founded in 1966, is a state agency in the Office of the Governor, whose mission is to foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania and to broaden the availability and appreciation of those arts throughout the state.
• Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA)
  Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) is an affiliate of the 65,000 member Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and a service organization to music education in the Commonwealth. PMEA provides opportunities each year for more than 12,000 secondary students to participate in District, Region/State and All-State Festivals in Band, Choir, Orchestra and Jazz.
• Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA)
  Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA) is a state affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), serving independent music teachers.
• Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT)
  The purpose of Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) is to increase opportunities for professional Pennsylvania-based performing artists to obtain successful touring engagements. Created as a unique public/private partnership administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, PennPAT continues to garner funding and guidance from its four founding partners: Vira I. Heinz Endowment, William Penn Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and The Pew Charitable Trusts.