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Dining in the Cultural District

With more than 50 restaurants in walking distance to theaters, the Cultural District offers a wide variety of dining options to satisfy your personal tastes and budget. Enjoying a relaxing meal before a show or capping off the evening with cocktails and dessert add to a pleasurable experience in the Cultural District.

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The Perfect Gift

A Pittsburgh Cultural District-wide gift card can be used to purchase tickets for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events as well as any event taking place in the Cultural District. With so many exciting shows, concerts, and exhibitions, there is truly something for everyone!

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Get to the Show!

The Cultural District is accessible by public transportation, including Port Authority buses, "T" light-rail service and Pittsburgh's famous inclines. Driving to the show? There is also ample parking in and around the District -- for real-time garage parking information, try ParkPGH.

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Sarah Clendenning

First Violin

Lois R. Brozenick Memorial Chair

 

Sarah Clendenning joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1997, under Music Director Mariss Jansons. She holds the Lois R. Brozenick Memorial Chair. Prior to joining the Pittsburgh Symphony, she played in the violin sections for both the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera. She has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Vermont Mozart Festival. 

Sarah Clendenning has appeared as a soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Hanover Chamber Orchestra, the Honduras National Youth Orchestra, a Boston Symphony Orchestra Youth Concert, and the Oberlin Orchestra. She was concertmaster for the Connecticut Grand Opera and Opera North in Hanover, New Hampshire. 

As a chamber musician, Sarah Clendenning has played with the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Ionian Chamber Players and the Tanglewood Festival, where she was also a member of the Tanglewood Fellowship Orchestra. She won First Prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition as a member of the Maud Powell String Quartet. 

Originally from Hanover, New Hampshire, Sarah Clendenning earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. She has studied with Joel Smirnoff, Gregory Fulkerson, Marylou Speaker-Churchill and Andrew Jennings.