Blog Archives – UniSound

Meet the BTARs: “Elevate the Underground” with Clara Kent

For three years, “More Bounce with Clara Kent” has been celebrating music from across the African Diaspora, playing a wide

Meet the BTARs: Mystery Music Mondays at Club Cafe

by Jason Washington, 2026 Beckom-Freeman Teaching Artist-in-Residence If you’ve been around the Pittsburgh music scene recently, you may have

Pittsburgh mourns the loss of Dr. James T. Johnson, Jr.

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Afro American Music Institute’s Co-Founder, Dr. James T. Johnson, Jr. Dr.

Black Composers Center Stage in Pittsburgh’s Groupmuse Debut

by Omari I. Abdul-Alim It was an amazingly uplifting experience to be able to curate and perform Pittsburgh’s first Groupmuse

UniSound announces next Beckom-Freeman Teaching Artists-in-Residence

UniSound announces next Beckom-Freeman Teaching Artists-in-Residence: Clara Kent and Jason Washington PITTSBURGH – UniSound has selected Clara Kent and Jason

Collective Impact in Action: Teaching Artists Build and Sustain the Future

UniSound’s Beckom-Freeman Teaching Artist-in-Residence (BTAR) alumni and BTAR Fellows don’t just create musical opportunities as performers. As teachers and mentors,

Synergies Returns to Heinz Hall

ACT3 Consulting Partners, UniSound, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presented the second annual “Synergies” event, an unforgettable evening honoring

Omari I. Abdul-Alim Highlighted in New Documentary

UniSound’s inaugural Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence Fellow Omari I. Abdul-Alim stars in a new documentary from WHRO Public Media entitled, “Virginia