Ursuline student will perform at Heinz Hall

Ursuline student will perform at Heinz Hall

Youngstown

Joel Kreuzwieser of Canfield, a senior at Ursuline High School, has been selected to perform a solo piano recital at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh as a young artist of the Steinway Society of Western PA. Kreuzwieser will perform Feb. 16, 2019, just before a performance by the Pittsburgh Symphony. He auditioned for the honor along with dozens of pianists from western Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

Kreuzwieser is a top-ten student at UHS and placed first in the Ohio Music Teachers Association’s District Buckeye Auditions in April, becoming the first pianist from the Youngstown area in more than a decade to appear as a finalist at the state auditions in June. He also was awarded an honorable mention at the Allegheny College Unusual Combinations Piano Competition last November and was featured artist in June at the Boardman United Methodist Church Community Concert Series. He has studied piano with local pianist/organist Sean Baran of Boardman since 2011.

Westminster alumna to discuss initiatives

NEW WILMINGTON, PA

Westminster graduate Inga Laurent will discuss “From Retribution to Restoration: Implementing Nationwide Restorative Justice Initiatives” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Mueller Theater of McKelvey Campus Center at Westminster College.

Laurent, associate professor and director of the Externship Program at Gonzaga University School of Law, spent nine months in Kingston, Jamaica, as a Fulbright Scholar studying restorative justice initiatives. Laurent lived and researched life in Kingston, as the Ministry of Justice attempted to transform the country and its legal system through a restorative justice agenda.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Westminster in 2002 and her juris doctorate from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Laurent’s presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Edward S. Cohen, professor of political science at Westminster, at 724-946-7304 or visit cohenes@westminster.edu.