Gateway to the Arts
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Pittsburgh, PA 15206

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Steeltown: A Celebration in Song of Pittsburgh's 250 Years

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Artist: Tom Breiding

breidingSongwriter-recording artist Tom Breiding's songs capture life in Pittsburgh throughout its 250-year history. Playing guitar, banjo, and harmonica, Tom delivers songs depicting generations of workers in the steel, coal, and glass industries of Pittsburgh. Students learn about Western Pennsylvania's key role in building and shaping America and about various musical genres, emphasizing the importance of American folk music. A former English teacher, Tom also examines the fundamentals of good writing and identifies those elements in his original folk ballads.

"Students do not have this type of experience in their lives. Bringing talented musicians (and others in the arts) to them in this manner is invaluable to a well-rounded life."
– Megan Keller Wysoci, Teacher, McMurray Elementary School

View the Teacher Guide.

Tom is a featured artist in this year's Arts in Education Partnership.

Site Requirements:

Electrical outlets within three feet of performing space.

Audience Limit:

250

Prices:

1 Show
Back-
To-BacK
Allegheny
County

$350

$535
Tier 1

$365

$550
Tier 2

 

$725
To schedule this program for your school or organization, call 412-362-6982
 
Terms:1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, K, Music, Performance, Physical Education/ Health, Science/ Technology, Social Studies, Teacher's Guide
 
 

Featured

  • March 15, 2010
    Call for Artists


    Gateway to the Arts is now seeking professional performing artists and/or teaching artists in all art forms interested in engaging pre-K-12 grade students in their arts discipline and/or Gateway’s models of arts integration. While seeking candidates across all disciplines, we are very interested in arts and technology integration. Interested artists must have professional references and clearances.



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Latest Updates

  • May 17, 2010 
    Announcing the Family Performance Series

    On Saturday, June 19, at 3 pm Gateway to the Arts will launch its first ever Family Performance Series at the tent in Schenley Plaza in Oakland with a showcase by performing artists Delta Blue. The newest ensemble to be added to our roster, Delta Blue invites children and parents to dance the cakewalk, tap, sing and twist along with them, as they perform classic tunes that highlight the history of African-American music and dance. The set is the same performance program that is touring to schools.


  • April 17, 2010 
    Root American Music Award

    On Friday March 26, Gateway to the Arts awarded the second Root American Music Award, named after musicologist and former Gateway Board President Deane Root, to Boyce Campus Middle College High School teacher, Joanne Krett. The award recognizes an exceptional teacher who has participated in the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh's Voices Across Time program, designed to assist teachers from different disciplines in incorporating American music into their curricula. Krett, an English teacher, uses music and lyrics as primary learning material, as a tool to connect to the humanities overall and to engage her students more deeply in the curriculum.  

    In addition to this recognition, Joanne and her students also received a free performance program by the acoustic blues duo Wiggins and Harris sponsored by Gateway in cooperation with Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society. 


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