PAI Alumni Living the Dream!

Jessie Hooker, former PAI Alum and Wyoming Seminary graduate is making her National Tour debut with Legally Blonde The Musical! The Tour will be performing at the Scranton Cultural Center from November 19-21. Jessie graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory in 2010. It is wonderful to see Jessie working at what she loves right out of college! To learn more about Jessie's National Debut, visit her blog at htt//www.jessiehooker.blogspot.com/ or for a complete listing of cities on the tour visit Jessie's web site at http://www.jessiehooker.com/

The United States Army Field Band Young Artist Competition

Winner to appear as soloist with The U.S. Army Field Band

Tape submission deadline:January 14, 2011
Finals audition date:February 27, 2011
Fort Meade, MD
Dress rehearsal date:April 1, 2011
Performance date:April 2, 2011
Performance at MENC Eastern Division Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
(ALL travel paid by The U.S. Army Field Band)

Rules, application, and required repertoire list: (Application)

Bravo Adrian!

Adrian Holton, 2010 PAI Counselor will be playing principal of the Philharmonic Orchestra at Indiana University. A second year Master's student, Adrian reports that he is "super excited". Leonard Slatkin will be conducting the first concert (Symphony Fantastique) with future concerts, Bruckner 4, Mahler 4, and Prokofiev 5, being performed throughout the semester. Congratulations Adrian!

PAI Alum Junping (Jeffrey) Qian at Curtis Institute

We recently heard from Junping (Jeffrey)Qian, who some of you may remember attended PAI in 2007. Junping is now at Curtis Institute of Music, where he is the associate principle violist of the Curtis Orchestra. Also at Curtis is PAI alumni Lifan Zhu. Junping reports that they both have many fond memories of PAI. In his own words, “One of my best memories of PAI is the first conducting class that I ever took. I still feel that I learned so much from that class----the teacher was awesome! We conducted a mixed ensemble of PAI musicians and practiced conducting a legato pattern in the pool. Such great memories for me!”

The MDA Telethon 2010 has just been completed, and the Jerry Lewis telethon 2010 raised a stunning $58.9 million dollars. That’s an amazing accomplishment in a year where we’re still feeling the effects of the recession, and it gives you some hope for our country: Joining Jerry Lewis on national television was PAI’s very own STEVE FIDYK, who was the drummer for celebrity singer, Maureen McGovern. Steve, we’re all proud of your efforts on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

PAI Guest Artist Heading to Broadway in the Cast of 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Barrymore Award winner Forrest McClendon, a frequent guest artist at PAI, will make his Broadway debut as "Mr. Tambo" in the Kander-Ebb musical "The Scottsboro Boys" at the Lyceum Theatre in October. McClendon originated the role and moved in and out of other characters in the production's three-month run at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City. McClendon is one of 10 actors performing in the show's summer run through September 25 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis who will recreate their performances on Broadway. "The Scottsboro Boys," based on the notorious "Scottsboro" case from the 1930s in which nine African-American men were unjustly accused of a terrible crime, opens October 31 with preview performances beginning October 7.

PAI Welcomes Little Zoey Koshinski

PAI would like to welcome the newest edition to the Koshinski Family. Zoey Marion Koshinski arrived on 9-9-10 at 2:53pm, weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz and was 20" long. Both baby and mom are doing very well! Congratulations Gene and Ann.

Gong Xi Schyler Fung!

>We are proud to announce that Schyler Fung, PAI’s clarinet teacher extraordinaire, auditioned successfully for the principal clarinet position of the Macao Symphony! Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province to the north and facing the South China Sea in the east and south. Just a ferry ride from Hong Kong, Macao will be home to Schyler by the end of October. Congratulations Schyler! We wish you our very best!