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YES: Montgomery String Quartet

May 9, 2015 – 1:15 pm
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IMG_8562From 5-09-15: Montgomery String Quartet featuring Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestramembers Julie Choe (violin, North Allegheny), Devin Moore (violin, Chartiers Valley), Mara Mignogna (viola, Pittsburgh CAPA) and Nathaniel Hoyt (Harrison Central)

YES: Three Rivers Rowing

May 9, 2015 – 12:18 pm
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From 5-09-15: Claire Marshalek (North Hills), Sydney Bichsel (Quaker Valley), …

YES: David’s Music House Saxophone Ensemble

May 9, 2015 – 12:09 pm
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Sax ensemble featuring Nicole Esselstyn, Alex Grove, Kate Hardy, Brenden Stillwell, Max Szalla and Brianna Thompson from David’s Music House

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Bullying

May 6, 2015 – 4:41 pm
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Our After School group at Brashear High School once again chose their own topic for a round table discussion. Listen as students share their own personal experiences with bullying in school.

Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 After School 2015: “A Pig’s Life”

May 4, 2015 – 11:30 am

It’s our final day of Radio Club at Pittsburgh Allegheny Traditional Academy! And to celebrate all the hard work the students have put into writing and recording over the course of these six weeks we decided to eat some snacks before venturing down into The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, into The Saturday Light Brigade’s radio studio to make one final recording!

YES: Pittsburgh Boy Choir

May 2, 2015 – 3:35 pm
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From 5-2-15: Drew Beckas (9), Jeremiah Bennett (8), Luca Boudreau (6), Jason Chen (7), Ryan Handron (10), Tristan Kilpatrick (7), Ryan Poisker (11), Henry Zutter (7) and Logan Zutter (9) ofThe Pittsburgh Boy Choir in advance of their 5/3 (4 pm) concert at Northmont Presbyterian Church.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Earthquake in Nepal

April 29, 2015 – 11:38 am
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With a few hundred Nepali students, Brashear High School was uniquely affected by the recent earthquake near Kathmandu. Listen below as students discuss and reflect on the tragedy.

Pittsburgh Brashear: ESL – Problem & Solution Essays

April 28, 2015 – 11:20 am
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In March, the Youth Express microphones visited Ms. Heacock’s ESL (English as Second Language) classroom to capture problem & solution essays that students had crafted over the course of the semester. Hear voices from Nepal, Mexico, Tanzania, & Jamaica as they offer their research and opinions on some of the problems facing today’s youth.

Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “Pea-Demonium”

April 27, 2015 – 2:51 pm

Students at Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8 were asked to write a not-so-typical story, one that had to begin like this: “One night, you’re eating dinner with your family, when one of the peas on your plate starts whispering to you. What does it say?” Below are their finished and recorded surreal yarns.

Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 After School 2015: Zoo Escape Story & Three Things About Me

April 27, 2015 – 11:21 am

7th graders at ATA took time to answer a couple of hypothetical questions: “What would you do if your food started talking to you?” and “What if, while trapped in a Zoo with possibly blood thirsty animals, you could speak to said animals–Dr. Dolittle style?”