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YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, Elizabeth Guo
From 01/30/2016: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Competition winner Elizabeth Guo with selections from Mozart on piano.
YES: Fairchild Challenge
From: 01/23/2016: Rose Lee (13, Dorseyville Middle School) and Jillian Sullivan (13, Shaler Area Middle School), honorees of the Fairchild Challenge #3 talk about their drawings of local Spring blooms.
Streaming Justice Webcast 2016: Students Honor MLK
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, high school students hosted Streaming Justice, a live five-hour webcast. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., participants hosted the live webcast, selected the songs played during their segments and learned about the equipment used in a live broadcast. Discussions covered topics such as civil rights, youth engagement, public education and other matters of justice and equity.
Students that participated in Streaming Justice are from area high schools including Barack Obama Academy, City Charter, North Allegheny, Oakland Catholic, Pittsburgh Allderdice, Pittsburgh CAPA, Propel Braddock Hills, Westinghouse and Woodland Hills Academy.
Interview: Girl Scout Emily Ruggieri
From 01/16/16: Girl Scout Emily Milliron Ruggieri of South Greensburg on her work to encourage customers to donate Girl Scout cookies to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her goal this year is 7,500 boxes of cookies!
YES: Soundwaves Steelband
From 01/09/2016: Ben Foster (17) and Daman Singleton (17) of Pittsburgh Obama Academy join with Phil Solomon, Mat Docktor, and Chris Hnat of Soundwaves Steelband, a program of Kelly Strayhorn Theater, to talk about the steelpan, the band, and their performance at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
YES: Sarah Khatami
From 01/09/2016: Singer/Songwriter Sarah Khatami (18, Berklee College of Music) appears on SLB again to perform on voice and ukulele and to talk about her college experience. Listen to her previous episode here.
Interview: Steve Pellegrino
From 01/09/2016: Steve Pellegrino visits to talk about life, music, tell stories and labor idioms.
Interview: Dan Kamin & David Newell
From 01/09/2016: Internationally acclaimed performer and acting coach, Dan Kamin and David Newell (a.k.a. Mr. McFeely from Mister Rogers Neighborhood) stop by the studio to talk about the Laurel and Hardy Laugh Challenge at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont.
YES: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month
From 01/02/2016: Promoting January as national mentoring month, Sydney and Tiffany talk about their relationship forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staff, Cheryl Jones.
YES: Amadeus Quartet
From 01/02/2016: Minori Hayakawa (16, Upper St. Clair), Joseph Comella (16, Murrysville), Yosen Wang (15, Wexford), and Chris Fedor (16, Wexford) of TRYPO and Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra perform selections from Haydn and Mendelssohn as the Amadeus Quartet.
