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Pianists from the Center for Young Musicians performing. The Center for Young Musicians develops a community of students with liberated ability, refined character, and a life-long love of music through a comprehensive, long-term curriculum emphasizing an early-start, an expert faculty, a dynamic support staff, and a mutual commitment between the families and the school.

Winners of the 2011 Gilda’s Club Teen Writing Contest joining us to share excerpts from their winning pieces. Gilda’s Club is a warm and welcoming place where men, women, teens, and children diagnosed with cancer, and family and friends, join with others to build social, emotional and informational support as a supplement to medical care.

Grade 5 students from Jefferson Elementary in the West Jefferson Hills School District share their stories about morals, scruples and respectful behavior

Our third installment of features highlighting Pittsburgh Public Schools’ All-City Arts Showcase focuses on the visual arts. Tune in to hear middle-school students from Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8 disucss their experiences working as critics, curators and docents for the All-City Arts Showcase.

In our second installment of features highlighting Pittsburgh Public Schools’ All-City Arts Showcases, we focus on Music. Tune in to hear the choir from Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 performing live on SLB.

Luke Grasha, 15, is a singer-songwriter and student at Gateway High School. His debut album, Fading Portraits, was recorded at age 14 and released earlier this year.

This week we’re happy to be joined by talented singer-songwriter Ben Shannon. Shannon employees laid-back melodies and provocative lyrics to help wrestle with difficult subjects such as depopulation and family strife.

In our first installment of features highlighting Pittsburgh Public Schools’ All-City Arts Showcases we focus on the Literary Arts. Tune in to hear three young writers read their original compositions, live on SLB.

PCS Young Artist Winner Michelle Lee performing works for piano as part of our ongoing series.

Students Engaged In Leadership a project of the MGR Foundation gathers students from various schools to share their feelings on topics such as education, school issues, advocacy, how to improve school as well as parent-teacher-student relationships.