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MVAA awarded grant for scholarship program

Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) was awarded a Creative Sector Flex Fund Grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The $5,000 grant, administered by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, will be used to continue and strengthen MVAAĢƵ Empower a Rising Star (EARS) Music Scholarship ...

MVAA board members to receive community service awards

Two board members of the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) are being recognized for their service to the community. Annette Buffer, president, and SueAnne Antonucci, treasurer, have been selected to receive the annual Community Service Award from the Brownsville Area Ministerial ...

MVAA hosting fife workshop

Mon Valley Association for the Arts will be hosting a fife workshop Jan. 19 at the Peter J. Daley Cultural Center, 119 Brownsville Ave., Brownsville. Introduction to new fifers will take place at 10:30 a.m. Instruction will be provided by Walter Sweet, a renowned master fifer with more than 30 ...

MVAA withdraws from National Memorial Day Parade

Citing costs, the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) has withdrawn its Regimental Fife & Drum Unit from participation in the National Memorial Day Parade in 2026 in Washington, D.C. Calling the decision “painful and heartrending,” MVAA leadership determined that the financial ...

MVAA brings art to the Mon Valley community

In 2015, Mark Smith, a musician in the Mon Valley area for more than 50 years, worked with the late Maestro Joe Campus on The Twin Coaches Orchestra Project. From that collaboration, the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) was born. “In the beginning, they started the Twin Coaches Jr. ...