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The Exchange 05.12.23: Innovation Market returns; Siouxland youth place first in young artist competition; Seeking racial justice for those imprisoned for marijuana crimes

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Coming up on this week's edition of The Exchange . . .

We hear performances by the winners of the Sioux City Chamber Music Young Artist Competition held on Sunday.

Iris Liao is a 6th grader at Dakota Valley Middle School and won first place in the Junior High category. Iris played Milonga de los Ninos by Christos Tsitsaros and Impromptu in Eb Major by Franz Schubert.

Winner of Junior High Division of the Young Artists Competition Iris Liao and winner of the High School Division Josiah Vos.
Winner of Junior High Division of the Young Artists Competition Iris Liao and winner of the High School Division Josiah Vos.

The winner of the High School Division was Josiah Vos (V-ahs), a junior at Siouxland Christian School. He played Sonatine for Piano by Maurice Ravel.

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The University of South Dakota

We also hear about new, broad based Bachelor of Science in Music at the University of South Dakota that will allow graduates to work in many different fields. We talk with USD Dean of the College of Fine Arts Bruce Kelley.

University of South Dakota Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Bruce Kelley
University of South Dakota Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Bruce Kelley
Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah
Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah

Also, we talk with authors of new book called Waiting to Inhale about the need to decriminalize petty marijuana crimes and let those already sentenced for minor drug crimes out of prison.

And we have a preview of next week’s Sioux City Go Innovation Market. The event awards funds to local entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.

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