Clarinetist Nathan Magley is the winner of the 2019 Pittsburgh Philharmonic’s Young Artist Concerto Competition and a Senior at Pittsburgh’s CAPA High School. He is currently auditioning for musical schools where he hopes continue his studies in the fall. He has played three years in the clarinet section of PYSO (Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra) and toured with the group to Spain on 2016. He has also played chamber music with the Youth Chamber Connection since 2015. Nathan’s summer studies have included time at Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute, Carnegie Mellon University’s Pre-College Program, the Clarinet Academy of America and New York University’s Summer Institute for Woodwinds. Last Fall, Nathan won The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh Young Artist Concerto Competition and performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A. Nathan studies with retired Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Clarinetist, Thomas Thompson.
Nathan will perform a movement from the Weber Clarinet Concerto at the Pittsburgh Philharmonic’s March 8th and 9th concert New Horizons.
The Young Artist Concerto Competition is open to high school musicians performing on harp, strings, brass, or woodwinds. Applicants must be between the ages of 14 and 19 and must be residents of Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, Washington, or Westmoreland counties. All applicants are required to submit a CD recording of one movement of a standard concerto to the Philharmonic. Finalists selected then appear in person before an Audition Panel and that group selects the winner of the competition.