Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade
YES: South Hills Children’s Choir
From 10/29/2016: Members of the South Hills Children’s Choir Bethany Decker (13, Canon McMillan Middle School), Celia Dobransky (14, Hillcrest Christian Academy), Emelia Hickman (11, Claysville Elementary), Riley Kirik (13, Independence Middle School), Olivia Emerick (12), Ailsa Foulke (12), Pollina Livanos (13), Clare Nolan (16), Emma Nolan (12), Lydia Nolan (14), Amber Willis (14), and Heather Willis (16), all homeschooled, along with instructor Jennie Nolan.
YES: Center for Young Musicians Guitar Ensemble
From 10/29/2016: Guitarists Amir Awais (10, Winchester Thurston), Julian Drake (12, North Hills Middle School), Ben Solomon (15, Pine-Richland High School), and Allison Spear (17, Seneca Valley High School) from the Center for Young Musicians perform along with their instructor, Mark Marston.
Live Music: Smokestack Lightning
From 10/22/2016: Acoustic music with Smokestack Lightning, featuring William Cohen, Nick Coles, Tom Hoffman, David McLaughlin, Phil Smith, Steve Weber and Heidi Wettlaufer.
YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists, Colin Aikins
From 10/22/2016: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists honoree and tenor vocalist Colin Aikins (16, Central Catholic High School).
YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists, Emma Grace Kim
From 10/22/2016: Pianist and Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist honoree Emma Grace Kim (11, North Hills Middle School).
Live Music: American Reed Collage
From 10/22/2016: U.S. Army Staff Sergeants Sarah Schram-Borg (oboe), Jeremy Klenke (clarinet), David Parks, (saxophone), Sergio Acosta (bassoon) and Sergeant First Class Jennifer Everhart (bass clarinet) during their Pittsburgh visit as part of the Army Field Band.
Interview: STEMisphere, Alana Kulesa
From 10/22/2016: Alana Kulesa of Carnegie Science Center with details on STEMisphere, a community resource for parents, educators, students and organizations.
Live Music: Richie Cole Quartet
From 10/15/2016: Legendary saxophonist Richie Cole and his quartet with selections from his new CD, Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs.
YES: The Neighborhood Academy
From 10/15/2016: Sydney Francis (18), Julian Butler (15), Anthony Duckett (15), Markel Watts (14), and Donya Evans-Young (13), all of The Neighborhood Academy, present writings and spoken word projects.
YES: Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Jekyll & Hyde
From 10/15/2016: Performers Brecken Farrel (15, Knoch), Addison Albert (18, Knoch), Elena Doyno (17, Allderdice), Mia Schmidtetter (17, Fox Chapel), Sabina May (17, Moon), and Nick Cortazzo (17, Baldwin) preview Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of Jekyll and Hyde, 10/20 through 10/23, Byham Theater.
