Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

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Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

Performance

Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

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YES: Riversong String Band

September 19, 2015 – 1:19 pm
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From 09/19/2015: The Arnold-Mages sisters of Southside Slopes, Josephine (5), Lillian (6), Camille (12), and Emily (15), are four fiddlers who perform as Riversong.

Live Music: Ben Bedford

September 19, 2015 – 1:04 pm

From 09/19/2015: Live music with singer/songwriter Ben Bedford in preparation for the BurghSong festival.

YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, J. Oliver Choo

September 12, 2015 – 4:22 pm

From 9/12/2015: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists winner J. Oliver Choo (12) performs selections from Schubert and Motzart on piano.

Live Music: Tom Breiding

September 12, 2015 – 4:21 pm
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From 9/12/2015: Live Music with folk singer/songwriter Tom Breiding after his release of River, Rails and Roads.

YES: Big Brother, Big Sister of the Month

September 5, 2015 – 2:48 pm
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Lauren and Shyae talk about their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBS staffer Cheryl Jones.

YES: Gabby Moran on Female Leadership Initiative

September 5, 2015 – 2:29 pm
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Gabby Moran (16) on her experience with Three Rivers Community Foundation and the launch of the Female Leadership Initiative at Oakland Catholic High School

Live Music: Working Breed

September 5, 2015 – 2:10 pm
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From 9/5/2015: The multi-instrumental musical stylings of Working Breed.

Singer and Pianist Donna Groom

September 5, 2015 – 11:45 am
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Donna Groom of the Skyliners talks about her career and upcoming solo concertat the Upper St. Clair Theater on September 12th at 7pm.

YES: Falstaff’s Fellows

August 29, 2015 – 2:54 pm
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Jonathan Aceto (12, homeschooled, Squirrel Hill), Lydia Aceto (17, homeschooled, Squirrel Hill), Grace Bolland (17, homeschooled, Kennedy), Skylar Rella (17, Winchester Thurston), and Rhiannon Passmore (14, CAPA Pittsburgh) of the youth performance troupe, Falstaff’s Fellows, read scenes from King Lear in anticipation of the upcoming Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks production.

Live Music: Lone Wolf Club

August 29, 2015 – 2:13 pm
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From 8/29/2015: Live music with Justin Stag and Zack Morgan of Lone Wolf Club.