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April 3

For Good Friday, a broadcast of Richard Danielpourโ€™s โ€œPassion of Yeshuaโ€ – an intensely personal telling of the final hours of Christ on Earth. It incorporates texts from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian gospels inspiring extraordinarily beautiful music that stresses the need for human compassion and forgiveness.

April 10

Moon Doh conducts the Butler County Symphony Orchestra in โ€œA Jazz Odysseyโ€ with music by Duke Ellington, Shostakovich, and Milhaud. Recorded at Butler Intermediate High School on November 1, 2025.

April 17

The Sphinx Virtuosi play music by Jessie Montgomery, William Grant Still, Prokofiev and more. From their Chamber Music Pittsburgh concert at Carnegie Music Hall on October 21, 2025.

April 24

Itโ€™s an all-Copland program from the Duquesne University School of Musicโ€™s โ€œOn the Bluffโ€ concert series. Performance include David Allen Wehr along with other Duquesne faculty members. Recorded on September 21, 2025.

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Shannon Crowley – Laffont Competition Winner

Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Shannon Crowley is one of only six Grand Finals winners of the Metropolitan Opera’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition! She sat down with WQED’s Anna Singer to talk about the competition process and her finals experience, which took place on Sunday, March 22nd.

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The Warhol & CMU School of Art Present Time-Honored Non-Specifics

The Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie Mellon University School of Artโ€™s MFA program continue their collaboration to present the class of 2026โ€™s thesis exhibition at the Warhol. Katie Briski, Associate Registrar of Exhibitions and Loans at the Warhol, and CMU School of Artโ€™s Elizabeth Chodos talked with QEDโ€™s Anna singer about the exhibition.

There will be a public opening reception on Friday, March 27th from 5:00-8:00pm. Time-Honored Non-Specifics will be on view at The Andy Warhol Museum until April 12th. More information and tickets can be found on the Warholโ€™s website.

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Born in Pittsburgh, Connor tells Nick about growing up in Baldwin and finding music through his father and his education.

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