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Choirs from six Pittsburgh-area high schools will join Pittsburgh Concert Chorale for a special online performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” in memory of lives lost to covid-19.
Participating schools include Mt. Lebanon, Seneca Valley, Shaler Area, South Fayette, Upper St. Clair and Woodland Hills, along with a smaller group of singers from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School.
“It’s our gift to the community,” said Susan Medley, PCC music director. “Covid has impacted every life in some way, but there are so many whose lives will never be the same.”
The pandemic actually has provided one benefit to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region.
Instead of offering twice-yearly, in-person information sessions for prospective “Bigs,” the organization now has ongoing virtual sessions.
As a result, “we’re making more matches than ever,” said Community Relations and Events Director Ali Iezzi.
Right now, the organization also is looking for another kind of volunteer people willing to sing, dance, juggle or share any other creative gift for a virtual “Big Talent” show.
Anyone can enter. There is no fee.
“Dancing, singing, art, music, fire dancing, miming, baking, lip (synching), rapping, poetry reading, juggling, magic, blowing bubbles, and on and on. The sky’s the limit,” according to a release. “Time to get creative, have a good time, a good laugh, and share your gifts and talents.”
Pandemic or no pandemic, life can be tough.
“There are always distraught people out there with no one to help them,” said Ron Ingelido, lead pastor of New Stanton Assembly of God. “The community has to know that we’re there in their time of need.”
The church has established a new outreach by placing a prayer box at its Family Life Campus at 1132 Thermo Village Road. A large sign announces it.
People can stop by, fill out a card describing their prayer need and drop it in the box, knowing that church members will attend to it, Ingelido said. There’s a line on the card for a first name, but no other personal information is requested.
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