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YX: Center for Young Musicians Duets
From 02/04/2017: Center for Young Musicians pianists Bob Carey (13, Quaker Valley Middle School), Clara Yuo (10, Providence Heights Alpha School), Abby Bojalad (11), Jayne Miner (11), and Lakshmi Mulgund (12) studying at Sewickley Academy, Sami Alissa (7) and Yazan Alissa (9) studying at Winchester Thurston perform duets along with their instructor, Simmi Tripathi
2017 GRAMMY Nominees for Best Children’s Album
From 02/04/2017: Featuring five of the artists whose albums have been nominated for this year’s GRAMMY Award for Best Children’s Album.
YX: Demarre Evans
From 01/28/2017: Songwriter, guitarist, and Pittsburgh Youth Media reporter Demarre Evans (12th grade, Central Catholic High School).
YX: MACS, Art of Lyrics
From 01/28/2017: Damian Manley (14), Jamiya Foster (12), Eric Brown (13), Trey Morris (12), and Markia Proctor (12) all students from Manchester Academic Charter School read original poems and lyrics and talk about their writing influences.
YX: Tadao Tomokiyo
From 01/21/2017: Tadao Tomokiyo (10, Falk School) with ragtime selections on piano.
YX: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month
From 01/21/2017: Big Brother Chapin and Little Brother Jaylin (10, Pittsburgh Langley) talk about their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staffer Kristine Pace.
Streaming Justice Webcast 2017: Students Honor MLK
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, high school students hosted Streaming Justice, a live five-hour webcast. From 12 p.m. to 5 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 schools including Oakland Catholic, Central Catholic, Baldwin, PA Distance Cyber Charter, CAPA, Perry and Manchester Academic Charter School.
YX: Steeltown Entertainment
From 01/14/2017: Evan Dewitt (16, Pittsburgh Allderdice), Nick Killen (17, Peters Township), Melvina Black (age, Perry Traditional), Francesco DiMaio (17, Woodland Hills High School), Divine Jones (17, Pittsburgh Allderdice), and A’Niya Vaughn (15, Pittsburgh Sci-tech) from the Steeltown Entertainment TV program Reel Teens of Pittsburgh along with teaching artist, Chris.
YX: Incalzando Trio
From 01/14/2017: Incalzando Trio featuring Kelsey Bares (17, Hampton High School) and Elizabeth Sikes (20, CCAC) on flute and Lexie Kroll (17, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School) on oboe performs in collaboration with Youth Chamber Connection.
YES: Young Artist Concerto Competition Honoree, William Wang
From 01/07/2017: Pittsburgh Philharmonic Young Artist Concerto Competition winner William Wang (15, North Allegheny Intermediate High School) with selections on violin along with John Ott.
