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Live Music: Callan

March 2, 2013 – 2:07 pm
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From 3/2/13: Live music with Callan, a Pittsburgh-based quintet fusing Celtic musical traditions with modern compositions and jazz influences

Live Music: Dan Getkin and the Masters of American Music

February 23, 2013 – 11:42 am
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From 2/23/13: Live music with Dan Getkin and the Masters of American Music

YES: Mark Debski

February 23, 2013 – 11:37 am
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From 2/23/13: Oboist Mark Debski, a senior at Bethel Park High School, performing as part of our ongoing series featuring members of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra

YES: Pittsburgh Music Academy Violinists

February 23, 2013 – 11:31 am
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From 2/23/13: Six violinists and a cellist (ages 10 through 17) from Pittsburgh Music Academy in Carnegie

Pete Bush & the Hoi Polloi

February 9, 2013 – 8:41 pm
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From 2/9/13: Live music with Pete Bush & the Hoi Polloi

Live Music: Nameless in August

February 2, 2013 – 3:11 pm
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From 2/2/13: Live music with Nameless in August

YES: Sydney Wolff

January 26, 2013 – 1:40 pm
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From 1/26/13: Singer-songwriter Sydney Wolff, a sophomore at North Hills High, performing original songs on guitar

Live Music: Progeny

January 26, 2013 – 12:35 pm
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From 1/26/13: Live music with Progeny, featuring 12-year-old Sebastian (vocals, guitar, harmonica), 10-year old Benjamin (keyboard, mandolin, percussion)and father Vincent (vocals, guitar, banjo) from Grove City, PA

YES: Dreams of Hope

January 19, 2013 – 11:58 pm
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From 1/19/13: Dreams of Hope with a preview of Department of Hope: Agents of Change, an afternoon of original scenes, spoken word, song and drama created by youth with professional artists, 1/27, 4 pm, August Wilson Center

YES: Center for Young Musicians Pianists

January 19, 2013 – 11:53 pm
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From 1/19/13: Pianists Andrew Li (6), Isaac McKinley (16), Hafsah Shahzad (10), Sarah Pitell (16), and cellist Hannah Synnott from Center for Young Musicians