In The News
2025
“Virginia Symphony Orchestra Fellows: Orchestrating Change” Screening – WHRO Public Media – September 23, 2025
Intersections Segment – CBS Pittsburgh – January 19, 2025
2024
UniSound Announces Inaugural Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence Fellow, Omari Abdul-Alim – Pittsburgh Urban Media – September 10, 2024
UniSound Names Omari Abdul-Alim as Inaugural Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence Fellow – Broadway World Pittsburgh – August 30, 2024
UniSound KDKA Segment – Mary Ours is in Homewood for an instrument petting zoo – January 10, 2024
2023
UniSound – PMEA’s Take Note podcast- August 31, 2023
Interview: UniSound and Michael Chapman – Neighborhood Voices by Saturday Light Brigade – March 25, 2023
For parents with musical kids, UniSound shows how to take the next steps– Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – January 19, 2023
2022
Locals to Know: Meet INEZ, New Year’s Eve headliner – The Incline – December 20, 2022
Sweetwater Center for the Arts hosts program for Black teaching artists – Pittsburgh City Paper – May 25, 2022
UniSound Interview with Anita Levels, Dr. Zuly Inirio, and Dr. Kendra Ross – WQED-FM – March 18th, 2022
2021
UniSound Announces Second Round of Black Teaching Artist-In-Residence– OperaWire– November 5, 2021
UniSound Round Two Of The Black Teaching Artists-In-Residence Program– Broadway World Pittsburgh– November 3, 2021
UniSound Launches Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence Program– Broadway World Pittsburgh– February 4, 2021
UniSound launches Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence Program– NEXT Pittsburgh– February 9, 2021
UniSound launches Black teaching artist-in-residence program– TRIB Live– February 11, 2021
Pittsburgh musicians Brittany Trotter and Lyn Starr are first UniSound Black Teaching Residents– Pittsburgh City Paper– February 24, 2021
Ep. 24 — Modern flute, hip-hop and teaching music today– P100 Podcast– March 15, 2021
New Residency Program Aims To Boost Pittsburgh’s Black Music Teaching Artists– WESA FM– April 8, 2021
Pittsburgh teaching artist expands cultural horizons– The Duquesne Duke– April 22, 2021
Music education coalition receives $95K for Black teaching artists-in-residence– Pittsburgh Post Gazette– June 23, 2021
UniSound Interview with Lindsey Nova and Kendra Ross– WQED FM- August 25, 2021
Press Releases
2023
BTAR 2023-24 Press Release– November 29, 2023
2022
BTAR 2022-23 Press Release– November 18, 2022
2021
BTAR Round Two Press Release– November 3, 2021
UniSound receives $95,000 grant to continue Black Teaching Artists-In-Residence program– June 21, 2021