Articles in Pittsburgh Youth Radio Corps
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: CD Release Party
Over the course of 5 weeks, 7th Graders at Pittsburgh Manchester PreK-8 have been working hard creating awesome audio recordings and, to celebrate all their hard work, the students got to throw an awesome party on their final day! Have a great Summer!
Brashear After School: End of Year Celebration
As we said goodbye to our Brashear students for the summer, we looked (well, listened) back to all the great work they did over the year. Students enjoyed refreshments and received a CD containing some choice recordings from our time together.
Pittsburgh King After School: Studio Day
After a bit of a layoff due to state testing, our Radio Club at Pittsburgh King in the North Side reconvened at our studios. Students got to listen to some of their previous works, learn about the studio, and do some scratch recording.
Brashear After School: Thoughts on Graduating
The end of the school year is always a little bittersweet. On one hand, there are no more early mornings. No more class. Then again, there aren’t the daily interactions with friends, teachers, and classmates. Underclassmen will return to Brashear next year, but for those graduating it marks the start of a brand new chapter of life.
Phipps Fairchild Challenge: Shaler & Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional Middle School student Sadie Puskar along with Shaler Area Middle Schoolers Michaela Brining, Eddie Sheets, Emily Kelly, & Molly McDonough discussing their award winning entries in the latest Fairchild Challenge, a national program encouraging environmental awareness and action in teens and sponsored locally by Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.
YES: TRYPO’s Arioso Trio
From Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra (TRYPO) classical music with the Arioso Trio. Featuring: Kelsey Bares (flute, 10th grade Hampton High School), Michael Brown, (cello, Alderdice) and Caroline Fedor (piano, 11th grade North Allegheny High School)
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”
Students at Pittsburgh Manchester wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe what they want to be when they grow up. These pieces are a result of their weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.
Brashear After School: More Advice For Freshmen
It had been discussed by a different block of After Schoolers earlier in the semester, but as the year comes to a close, other members of Brashear’s Radio Club offered up some fresh advice to incoming freshmen.
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “Time Travel”
Students at Pittsburgh Manchester had a chance to answer the classic hypothetical: “If you could travel back in time, where would you go?”
Live Music: Linda McRae
From 5-09-15: Live music with internationally-touring musician and multi-instrumentalist Linda McRae
