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More than just literature, the Festival of Books provides USC Thorton students with the opportunity to perform their music.

USC Stage and Wallis Annenberg Hall will be two Trojan hotspots during the event on the University Park Campus.

A look at a Black teaching artist residency's inaugural musicians It’s a kind of open secret: Very few artists make a living solely from their creative work. The vast majority of painters, poets, dancers, and actors hold down day jobs. The same goes for most musicians – and perhaps especially Black composers and musicians, who often lack the institutional support given to their white peers. Kendra Ross, of ACT3 Consulting, co-created the residency program. Credit Denele D. Biggs That's the problem the Black Teaching Artist-in-Residence Program hopes to address. In February, this initiativ...

Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Brittany Trotter Dr. Brittany Trotter For Black musicians in Pittsburgh, there are often hoops to jump through to get the recognition, funding, and support that comes more easily to their white counterparts. On top of the already fraught world of underfunded arts programs, Black artists say they have to deal with bias and being pigeonholed as one kind of performer. “Because you’re Black, people think you only do jazz ...

Denele D. Biggs   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. An initiative to support the musical and professional development of Black teaching artists in the Pittsburgh area has been launched. The Black teaching artist-in-residence (BTAR) program is supported by UniSound, which bills itself as an alliance of organizations dedicated to creating a more accessible youth music ecosystem in Greater Pittsburgh. Starting this week and lasting seven months, the inaugural residencies have been awarded to performance artist...