
CVPA grad reflects on St. Louis Teen Talent Competition win and future endeavors
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
January 3, 202419m 56s
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Show Notes
When Central Visual and Performing Arts High School student Ray Strickland performed his original song “Time for Change” at the St. Louis Teen Talent Competition in 2023, he sang in recognition of his cousin who he lost to gun violence, of George Floyd, who was murdered shortly after Strickland wrote the song, and in reflection of the mass shooting at his school months earlier. He shares what he is up to now and his belief in the power of the “universal language” of music.