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Our mission is to be the foremost student based symphony orchestra in the Greater Hamilton Region.
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A Message from our President
Ginny Dunlop has been the acting Executive Director for the HPYO since June of 2009 when our previous Executive Director retired from this position. A search committee was formed in the fall of 2009 and spent the last many months finding the best person to fill this position.
We are pleased to announce that Diana Weir is the new Executive Director for HPYO.
Diana is a resident of Hamilton, music lover, accomplished pianist, and a strong proponent for the value of community arts. Diana holds a Combined Honours BA in Music and Cultural studies from McMaster University, is experienced working with young people in schools and the community and a skilled arts administrator.
We look forward to an exciting year ahead as we grow together.
Lynn Hutchinson, President
Paul McCulloch - Music Director, Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
A cellist, he spent his formative years in the vibrant Hamilton musical community of the 1970's and 80's. While playing with the HPYO, the McMaster Symphony, the Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band, he developed a broad musical awareness and deep love of collaborative music making.
Paul holds degrees from McGill and U of T in cello performance and orchestral conducting. He has received diplomas, certificates and awards from UBC, U of T, Institut Musical de Provence-Aubagne and the Accadmia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy.
He is currently teaching at Havergal College in Toronto, conducting the Hart House Chamber Strings at U of T and the Corktown Chamber Orchestra in Toronto
Tim White - Music Director, Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Winds
A trumpet soloist, conductor and music educator, Hamilton native Tim White conducts the HPYO Wind Ensemble. He is an Adjunct Professor at Brock University where he teaches music history, brass methods, instrumental performance and trumpet, and he is the trumpet instructor at McMaster University
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Tim holds advanced degrees in performance, conducting and education. He has played trumpet for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ontario Philharmonic, Symphony Nova Scotia and the Niagara Symphony.
Additional conducting credits include the Brock University Wind Ensemble and the Niagara region's Peninsula Orchestra.
Tim lives in Hamilton with his wife Lauren and their three children, Ian, Alexandra and Evan.
Our History
Founded by Glenn Mallory in 1965, the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra has given the joy and discipline of orchestral music to hundreds of young people, and has delighted the thousands for whom they have played.
Graduates of the orchestra are involved in professional and community orchestras across Canada, in the United States and in Europe. Even those who have not followed a musical career remain enriched by a musical and social experience that offers continuing pleasure as adults
Dr. Mallory retired in November of 2006 and was succeeded by Paul McCulloch, a cellist and conductor who is an alumnus of the orchestra.
The orchestra is comprised of young people between the ages of 14 and 23. After a successful audition, each young musician must make a year long commitment to regular rehearsals and performances. Private study is strongly encouraged.
The orchestra performs not only the standard symphonic repertoire, but also contemporary works. In addition to performing regular local concerts, the orchestra has performed as far afield as Banff, Moosonee, Carnegie Hall, New York, Huntsville, Alabama and Northampton, England.