Pittsburg’s Carnegie Hall duo depart for NYC Feb. 2

By Ellis Knox | reporter@campcountynow.com

Pittsburg High School senior Austin Hutson and Brandon Mallory will depart for New York City and their Carnegie Hall debut with 250 other high school singers in an honors choir that will perform live, Sunday, Feb. 5. 

Hutson, the son of Pamela Rowden, is a countertenor and will sing Tenor 1 in the honors choir.

Mallory, the son of Amy and Robby Holcomb, is a bass and will sing Bass 2 in the honor choir.

Both Hutson, a senior, and Mallory, a sophomore, are also accomplished pianists, trombonists, and thespians.

The pair did not find out about the competition until almost too late to enter. 

However, PHS choir director Karen Thomas and their parents hustled them up and got their try-out recordings done in time. Both were accepted, much to the young men’s surprise. 

The Honors Performance Series assembles some of the world’s rising young musicians to perform under the baton of a master conductor at one of the world’s most celebrated concert halls. Carnegie Hall is a longtime music hall with exceptional acoustics, classic architecture and a storied performance history by many performers, covering all manner of music.

Thomas said she had a lot to think about after she received the information about the honors choir.

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