Play On Philly

THANK YOU to our Teaching Artists, program staff, students, and their families for taking time on Sunday to come together for the Winter Concert Dress Rehearsal! Don't forget to attend the Winter Concert on 12/11 at the Temple Performing Arts at 2:00 pm or 6:00 pm! #philly

Lloyd has only been playing the double bass for 11 weeks, we're inspired by his musical growth! This year and every year, we're grateful for the transformative power of music education in our community 🎵. #musiceducation #doublebass #strings #youngmusicians #philly

Our students and Teaching Artists work together to create a classroom covenant, agreements the class makes so that everyone can have a great learning experience! Here's POP student Marcus courageously leading the classroom covenant in Mr. Andrew's choir class! #musiced #choir

Erika Oba kicked off the first composer visit earlier this month as part of our Composing for Young Orchestras Project in collaboration with GLFCAM. We're excited to hear how she'll turn her Philly experience into a composition for our students! #playonphilly #musiced

As we approach the end of Friday, we want to wish good luck to all of the young musicians auditioning for the Marian Anderson Young Artist Program this weekend! Break a reed, a bow, and a mallet 😁! 📸: Sam Fritch #playonphilly #andersonartists #philly #youngmusicians

It's always a joy to see our Teaching Artists have fun jamming with our students! Check out violin Teaching Artist Dr. Diego having a good time rehearsing with the CO1 string students 🤩🎵! 📹: Allie Mion, Program Coordinator #playonphilly #musiceducation #violin #strings

Founder and Executive Director Stanford Thompson was selected as one of Philadelphia Metro's Education Power Players! buff.ly/3rrsmX7 Check out the link in bio to read more! #education #metrophillypp #mppp #powerlist #phillypowerplayers #philadelphiapp #phillyleaders

We've loved seeing our students' faces light up with curiosity and joy during the first few days of POP's fall session! We're so glad to be back in session and creating music together! #playonphilly #immersedinmusic #musiceducation #community #philly #music

We’re excited because today is the first day of POP for the 2022-2023 school year 🥳! This will be an exciting year filled with artistry, community, and growth for our students! POP community - what makes you excited about POP this year? 📷: Sam Fritch #musiceducation

Calling all musicians and music educators! We're looking for string, harp, flute, and clarinet Teaching Artists to join the Play On Philly community this fall. Apply today! buff.ly/3kNhgJE 📸: Daniel Kontz #playonphilly #musiced #hiring #teachingartists #musicians

Congratulations to all our campers on their final Summer Showcase performance! Check out an excerpt from the showcase of the POP Children's Orchestra's performance of "The Great Gate of Kiev" by Mussorgsky, conducted by Teaching Artist and POP alum Zeb! #musiceducation #philly

Get your groove on this Wednesday with a flashback to our POP Summer Showcase where @balletx instructor Kevin Harris led our pre-Children's Orchestra students in a dance to Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars (KIDZ BOP version)! #playonphilly #musiceducation #dance #philly #balletx

The POP Summer Program will begin this Monday! This will be the first time in TWO years that our summer students will be together again at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. We're looking forward to all the summer fun our students will have! #philly #summer

Add some music to your week with this excerpt of POP harpist Chloé's performance of Sarabande by Bernard Andrés. Keep up the great work, Chloé ✨! #playonphilly #immersedinmusic #musiceducation #harp #recital #performance

We're still thinking back to last week's POP Jubilee performance with pride! Hear our musical community unite at the POP Children's Orchestra in this recording of M. A. Charpentier's Te Deum! #playonphilly #elsistema #orchestra buff.ly/39wdpxe

Good luck to all of the students auditioning for the Marian Anderson Young Artist Program today! Missed the deadline for our spring auditions? Our applications are rolling! Apply for our fall auditions : buff.ly/3McGXyk 📷: David DeBalko #musiceducation #philly

A couple of joyful POP smiles from some of our students and Teaching Artists at our ICS West Music Center to start the week off on a happy note 😄🎶! #playonphilly #immersedinmusic #musiceducation

Last week, Maestro Andrés rehearsed with the beginner Children's Orchestra at the St. Rose of Lima School Music Center in preparation for next week's POP Jubilee concert. These students have been working diligently over the last few weeks to prepare for their end-of-year concert!

Play On Philly is seeking a Program Manager to join our team! If you're a problem-solver who has experience working with young students in a musical or educational setting, we encourage you to apply: buff.ly/38ttyTA #hiring #philly #career #artsadmin #jobopportunity

The POP #Chamber #String #Ensemble had a wonderful time working with the Thalea String Quartet earlier this month! hank you to our community partner @pcmsconcerts for this experience and to the @ThaleaSQ for being amazing musical mentors for our young musicians! #musiceducation