Articles in Youth Expression Showcase
YES: Center for Young Musicians Pianists
From 06/25/2016: Center for Young Musicians members Zander Morrison (7, Mt. Lebanon), Hafsah Shahzad (13, Pine Richland), Heather Raphael (16, Fox Chapel), and Gabriel “Gubby” Gotz (11, Wexford) all perform on piano.
YES: Ben & Isabel Valasek
From 06/18/2016: Ben Valasek and daughter Isabel (14, Armstrong High School) previewing Who’s Your Daddy?, a benefit concert supporting the Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western Pa., 6/18, 8 pm, Pittsburgh Winery, Strip District.
YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, Rebecca Chen
From 06/18/2016: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, Yih-An (Rebecca) Chen (17, Wexford) performs selections on piano.
YES: David’s Music House Flute Ensemble
From 06/11/2016: Caitlin Kohlmeyer (North Strabane), Rachel Esselstyn (Peters Twp.), and Ava Szalla (North Strabane) all perform on flute in the David’s Music House flute ensemble led by Kelsey Backstrom.
YES: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month
From 06/11/2016: Big Sister Kelsey Viets and Little Sister Destiny talk about their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staffer Cheryl Jones.
YES: Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers Guitarists
From 06/04/2016: Johnstonbaugh guitarists Jackson Farmakis (11, Central Elementary) and Ben Yurek (12, Homeschooled), perform under the instruction of Craig “Izzy” Arlet.
YES: Fairchild Challenge
From 06/04/2016: Fairchild Challenge Honorees Ella Conti (12, Woodland Hills Academy), Evan Baldwin (14, Shaler Middle School), by phone, Destiny Morgano and Amber McGaffick of Shaler Middle School reflect upon their projects and the program. The Fairchild Challenge is sponsored locally by Phipps Convervatory and Botanical Gardens.
YES: Center for Young Musicians Pianists
From 05/28/2016: Clara Yuo (9, Ross Twp.), Abby Bojalad (10, Sewickley), Lakshmi Mulgund (11, Sewickley), Jayne Miner (11, Gibsonia), and Kush Bandi (11, Wexford) are all students at the Center for Young Musicians and perform pieces on piano.
YES: Onyx Quartet
From 05/28/2016: Violinists Charlie Burton (14, Squirrel Hill) and Mei Hommes (13, Forest Hills), Violist Felix Veser (14, Fox Chapel), and Cellist Abby Mirra (16, Mt. Lebanon) perform Mozart’s Quartet no. 172 as the Onyx Quartet. All are members of the Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra.
YES: Covestro PRSEF Winners
From 05/21/2016: Alexandra Miller (17, Garrett County, MD), Anya Satyawadi (16, Squirrel Hill), Xiaoxi Gao (17, Oakland), and Natalia Hajlasz (16, Squirrel Hill) discuss their Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair, PRSEF, presentations and experiences at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF, in Phoenix.
