Sinfonia at Seton Hill
10th Concert Season - 2024-2025
February 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m. (combined concert with WSW)
April 27, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Center
Sinfonia at Seton Hill performs in the Carol Reichgut Concert Hall of the Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center. The Center is located in the historic cultural district of downtown Greensburg, Pa.
Tickets
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724-552-2929
About Sinfonia
Sinfonia at Seton Hill is an artistic and educational ensemble performing repertoire for chamber orchestra. Membership is open to Seton Hill string majors, non-majors and community adult string musicians. Select members of the Westmoreland Symphonic Winds will partner with Sinfonia to perform works for full orchestra.
Music Director & Conductor
Patrick L. Forsyth
Patrick received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in violin performance from the esteemed Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Patrick began violin studies at the age of three and began performing professionally with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra at 16, becoming the youngest musician ever to occupy a position in the orchestra. Patrick studied violin with world-class soloists Oleh Krysa and Cyrus Forough (former pupils of the legendary Russian violinist David Oistrakh) and studied conducting under Mark Scatterday, Brad Lubman and Denis Colwell.
Firm in his conviction that it is the responsibility of musicians to carry on the artistic legacies of past masters, Patrick has always been passionate about education and teaches a private studio of violin students in Pittsburgh on top of his duties at Seton Hill. During the school year, he is in demand as a clinician at schools across Western Pennsylvania, and during the summers teaches at Summer Music Academy in Erie, PA.
In addition to his role as Music Director of Sinfonia at Seton Hill University, Patrick serves as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestras and guest conductor of the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra. Patrick is an active performer with chamber groups, new music ensembles, and orchestras across the United States, including his role as founding member and first violinist of the Red Line String Quartet. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, the United Kingdom, and throughout Europe, including recent sold-out performances in Dublin, Ireland and New York, NY. In addition to his performing and conducting work, Patrick frequently arranges music from various genres, which have been performed extensively throughout North and South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. Patrick performs on a 1948 Italian violin by Gaetano Gadda and conducts with a Mollard “P Series” baton (when he has not misplaced it somewhere). He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Rebecca and their three cats.
Want to Participate in Sinfonia?
- All prospective members are required to perform an audition.
- All members must re-audition each year.
When & Where Will Auditions be Held?
- Auditions will be conducted via digital video submission this year via the online form link found here.
- Videos and links must be submitted by Monday, August 26 no later than 11:59 PM.
- Each instrument has excerpts selected from core string repertoire. These excerpts can be downloaded below.
Fall 2024 Audition Excerpts
Sinfonia Audition Instructions
Rehearsals
Rehearsals are held Monday evenings from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center's Johnson Rehearsal Room. (Woodwinds, brass, and percussion will join rehearsal from 7:30-8:00 pm.)