Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra

Director of The Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra

Anthony Fortuna

Anthony Fortuna, Conductor of CPYO, also serves as the director of orchestras for the Lewisburg Area School District. Anthony possesses a Bachelors of Music in Music Education from Marywood University, a Masters in Woodwind Performance/Pedagogy from Ohio University. Anthony has performed on various woodwind instruments with several professional ensembles such as the Northern Tier Symphony, Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra, NEPA Lyric Opera, and the Northern Appalachian Wind Symphony. In the past, Anthony has been involved with the award-winning String Project at Marywood University, worked with woodwind choirs for Camp Bläserwinds and the Electric Diamond Orchestra at the Suzuki School for Strings in Wilkes-Barre, PA. In his spare time, Anthony enjoys playing video games, cooking, and spending time with his cat, Fledermaus.