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Steve Hackman Talks Defying Gravity Concert on Essential Pittsburgh

Listen to conductor/composer/arranger Steve Hackman talk Defying Gravity, the June 6 headline performance for the Three River's Arts Festival, on the Dollar Bank Mainstage at Point State Park, plus hear him talk classical music, his creative process, and working with the Mendelssohn Choir on Essential Pittsburgh's May 31 broadcast.  Stream it here. 

The Defying Gravity concert will include...

Highmark Holiday Pops

The Mendelssohn Choir and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrate a time-honored holiday tradition with the Highmark Holiday Pops, conducted this year by PSO Assistant Conductor and Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong.  There will be lots of merriment and cheer, a holiday tune or two, and some very special guests, including Capathia Jenkins, The Three Rivers Ringers, and possibly Santa Claus himself!...

Haydn’s Creation

The Mendelssohn Choir and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra bring Franz Josef Haydn's magnum opus The Creation to life, under the baton of PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck.  After a trip to London in 1795, Haydn wanted to inspire the world with his music, much like Londoners still celebrated G. F. Handel, more than 40 years after his death.  With The Creation, Haydn set out to...

The Mendelssohn Choir hires Matthew Mehaffey as Music Director

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) is delighted to announce that Matthew Mehaffey will be its new Music Director. "The Mendelssohn Choir's national reputation attracted a significant number of outstanding candidates, making the Search Committee's job challenging and exciting,” says Robert Moir, a member of the Committee. “In the end, with overwhelming support from the choir members, the Committee and Board of Directors unanimously agreed...

Defying Gravity: Mendelssohn Choir + Steve Hackman at the Three Rivers Arts Festival

Join The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and conductor/composer/arranger Steve Hackman on June 6 for Defying Gravity, the headline performance for the Three Rivers Arts Festival. The MCP returns to the mainstage at the Three Rivers Arts Festival after a 40-year hiatus to perform this one-of-a-kind concert featuring Hackman's original compositions, arrangements and mash-ups of contemporary music. Hear the MCP as you've never heard it before!...
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