Youth Express: V, a Wind Quintet
From 12/03/2016: Youth Chamber Connection and Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra present “V” Wind Quintet, featuring Beth Danley, flute (12th grade, Trinity Christian School), Geoffrey Madge, oboe (9th grade, Chartiers Valley High School), Sydney Ellison, clarinet (12th grade, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School), Mitchell Dubin, bassoon (9th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA) and Maya Waller, French horn (12th grade, North Allegheny High School).
YES: Young Playwrights Festival
From 11/19/2016: EQT City Theatre Young Playwrights Festival honorees Cavan Bonner (17, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12), Katrina Kudla (18, Moon Area High School and IUP) and Brenna Sposito & Julia Garhart (both of Sharpsville Middle School) with details on their original plays.
YES: To Kill A Mockingbird
From 11/12/2016: In collaboration with Prime Stage Theatre Company and in support of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiative, Pittsburgh Youth Media reporters Matthew Miramontes (12th grade, Cornell), Zoe Vongtau (11th grade, Baldwin) and Sienna Rodriguez (12th grade, PA Cyber) with reflections on To Kill A Mockingbird. Also joining us are Oscar-nominated actress Mary Badham (who played Scout in the 1962 film) and Grace Vensel (6th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA) who plays Scout in the Prime Stage production of this classic, 11/11 to 11/13, New Hazlett Theater.
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.
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.