Through connections made there, he eventually met Fred Rogers.
He appeared on Mister Roger's Neighborhood Episode #1645 where he and Fred Rogers discussed the making of a page in a Spot book.
He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music, of which Fred Rogers was also a member.
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I began to ask Fred Rogers why there was no professional ensemble that sang spirituals comparable to a Haydn Society or a St. Cecelia Society or a Handel Society or Bach.
Fred Rogers (1928–2003), American educator, clergyman, songwriter, author, and television host
Perhaps the most remarkable track though, is Hank and Fred, a real life account of Wainwright driving to the grave of Hank Williams when he heard the news, on the car radio, of the death of children's TV host Fred Rogers.
It was through his work in television that he met, and worked with Fred Rogers, who soon asked him to participate in a new show Rogers was putting together in association with WQED-TV, the local public broadcasting affiliate.
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The series is co-produced by The Fred Rogers Company (formerly Family Communications) and Out of the Blue Enterprises, with animation produced in Canada by 9 Story Entertainment and music created at Voodoo Highway Music & Post.
Out of the Blue, along with The Fred Rogers Company and 9 Story Entertainment, is also producing a spin-off of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, entitled Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which debuted on PBS Kids and PBS Kids Sprout on September 3, 2012.
Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood hosted his namesake show, that was taped in at WQED in Pittsburgh, for over 3 decades on PBS, teaching lifelong lessons to children using storytelling and enforcing them to use their imagination.