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About Reimagination
Reimagination Project provides a unique approach to music education for high school teens from the Pittsburgh region. Over the past ten years, we have engaged more than 240 young musicians looking to hone their skills, learn about the music industry and prepare to launch their careers. Reimagination alumni include GRAMMY-winning artist Daya, Emmy-winning artist Jessica Bitsura, American Idol contestant Sloane Simon, and blues phenom, Pierce Dipner.
What can the WYEP Reimagination Project do for me?
Once you’ve been accepted into the WYEP Reimagination Project, you will:
- Be paired with a professional producer who will guide you throughout the process from songwriting to mastering.
- Embark on a 6-month experience that will explore every facet of the music industry.
- Spend eight hours inside a professional recording studio to produce and record your track.
- Participate in interactive masterclasses with music industry professionals that will cover topics like: Songwriting, Marketing, Production & Touring, and Promotion & Distribution.
- Have your track distributed worldwide on digital streaming services on a compilation album along with the other artists in your cohort.
- Perform live at community events such as The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and The WYEP Summer Music Festival.
- Join a network of like-minded musicians and create lasting musical friendships.
- Take your music to the next level.
How can I be a part of the WYEP Reimagination Project?
The submission window for the WYEP Reimagination Project normally opens sometime in the Fall and extends into the middle of January.
What will I need to submit?
- Be a high school student between the age of 14-18.
- Live within a reasonable driving distance of the City of Pittsburgh.
- ONE original song to send to us via YouTube Link, Soundcloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive.
“This was a good way to sort of start a farm team of young musicians and help them get the experience that 99 percent of other young musicians in town are not getting by offering a studio experience, masterclasses to talk about booking and songwriting and also provide them with shows…” -Greg Joseph, Executive Producer
Project Team
- Program Director, 91.3 WYEP, Liz Felix
- Executive Producer and Project Manager, Greg Joseph of The Clarks & Sonic Dog Studios
- Executive Music Producer, Owner/Chief Audio Engineer, The Church Recording Studio, Dana Cannone
- Interim Director, The YMCA Lighthouse Project, David Shoemaker
- Administrator/Artist, The YMCA Lighthouse Project, Amos Levy
- Digital Content Manager, 91.3 WYEP, Nick Wright
- And several WYEP hosts with backgrounds in different genres.
Also, we partner with local producers, musicians, and recording studios to put Reimagination in motion. Past collaborators include Dave Hidak at The Church Recording Studio, Carolyn Slouthour at 25 Carrick Avenue, INEZ, livefromthecity, DJ Shoe, Rick Witkowski, Jenn Wertz, Poogie Bell, Jon Bindley, Liz Berlin, Jake Hanner, Joe Munroe, Brian Edwards, Melinda Colaizzi, Sean McDonald at Red Medicine Recording Studio, and Amos Levy and James Brown of The YMCA Lighthouse Project.
Reimagination has been presented with funding from The Grable Foundation, Williams Coulson Johnson Lloyd Parker & Tedesco, LLC, UPMC Diversified Services, an affiliate of UPMC Health Plan, and the members of WYEP.
