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• The improvised music collective Out of Your Head has been shuffling its members into new bands every week for the past year, and originators Adam Hopkins and Matt Frazao join us to talk about the power of randomness to fuel creativity.
• We also meet the minds behind the inaugural NO VO Festival – a five-day event featuring an eclectic mix of performers that have one thing in common: no vocals.
• During World War II, Baltimore brothers Walter and Henry Beresh wrote frequent letters home while they were stationed overseas. Neither brother made it back from the war, but their great-nephew, musician Michael Beresh, joins us to bring their letters back to life, as songs.

HELPFUL LINKS:

Click here to find out more about the March 2nd “Out of Your Head” anniversary event

Click here to learn more about the NO VO Festival

Click here to find details about Michael Beresh’s “Letters to Baltimore from the War” concert

Copy that? Printmaker Kathy Beachler teaches her skills to a kindergarten class at Southwest Community Charter School (Photo credit: Tammy Oppel)

***THE SIGNAL AIRS FRIDAYS AT NOON & 7 P.M. ON 88.1 WYPR***

(Click here for mp3’s of some recent stories from the show. And PODCASTERS, click here for a link to subscribe to The Signal’s weekly podcast.)

• We visit a local kindergarten class where the kids are learning the finer points of printmaking. Artist Kathy Beachler and teacher Lena Costa met at the Teaching Artists Institute, where they teamed up to develop a customized arts curriculum.
• Carole Webster McShane joins us with memories of her Russian grandparents and the music they brought along with them to their new lives in here Baltimore.
• Karen Houppert shares a story about a recent experience dining with Russian immigrant neighbors in the midst of the recent Baltimore blizzard.
• And remember: The snow will eventually melt. When it finally happens, we’ll have a long-overdue opportunity to re-explore Charm City. Geoff Brown, author of the Baltimore Moon Handbook, drops by to point us in some interesting directions.

HELPFUL LINKS

Click here to learn more about The Teaching Artists Institute, a partnership between Young Audiences/Arts for Learning (YAMD), Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS), and the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC).

Here’s a link to the Baltimore Moon Handbook