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.

Oral History

SLB Radio’s Oral History Program connects teens with adult role models in their communities. Click here to listen.

Callers

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!

Interviews

Audio replays from the hundreds of arts, human services and other non-profit organizations interviewed by SLB each year.

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Wilkinsburg After School – “Strange Day” Quick Story

May 15, 2015 – 1:22 pm
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Wilkinsburg after school students let their imaginations run wild in this group story about an exceptionally strange day. Each student added their own piece to the narrative which included everything from farm animals & tornadoes to fancy cars & martians. Listen and enjoy!

Brashear After School: More Advice For Freshmen

May 13, 2015 – 2:36 pm
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It had been discussed by a different block of After Schoolers earlier in the semester, but as the year comes to a close, other members of Brashear’s Radio Club offered up some fresh advice to incoming freshmen.

Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “Time Travel”

May 11, 2015 – 10:57 am

Students at Pittsburgh Manchester had a chance to answer the classic hypothetical: “If you could travel back in time, where would you go?”

Live Music: Linda McRae

May 9, 2015 – 1:23 pm
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From 5-09-15: Live music with internationally-touring musician and multi-instrumentalist Linda McRae

YES: Montgomery String Quartet

May 9, 2015 – 1:15 pm
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IMG_8562From 5-09-15: Montgomery String Quartet featuring Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestramembers Julie Choe (violin, North Allegheny), Devin Moore (violin, Chartiers Valley), Mara Mignogna (viola, Pittsburgh CAPA) and Nathaniel Hoyt (Harrison Central)

YES: Three Rivers Rowing

May 9, 2015 – 12:18 pm
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From 5-09-15: Claire Marshalek (North Hills), Sydney Bichsel (Quaker Valley), …

YES: David’s Music House Saxophone Ensemble

May 9, 2015 – 12:09 pm
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Sax ensemble featuring Nicole Esselstyn, Alex Grove, Kate Hardy, Brenden Stillwell, Max Szalla and Brianna Thompson from David’s Music House

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Bullying

May 6, 2015 – 4:41 pm
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Our After School group at Brashear High School once again chose their own topic for a round table discussion. Listen as students share their own personal experiences with bullying in school.

Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 After School 2015: “A Pig’s Life”

May 4, 2015 – 11:30 am

It’s our final day of Radio Club at Pittsburgh Allegheny Traditional Academy! And to celebrate all the hard work the students have put into writing and recording over the course of these six weeks we decided to eat some snacks before venturing down into The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, into The Saturday Light Brigade’s radio studio to make one final recording!

YES: Youth Invasion at The Andy Warhol Museum

May 2, 2015 – 3:59 pm
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From 5-2-15: Dighan Kelly (17, Taylor Allderdice), Jahnik Kurukulasuriya (16, Taylor Allderdice), Emily Wolfe (17, The Ellis School), Dominique Seneca (19, Pine Richland) and Benjamin Finnstrom (17, Pittsburgh CAPA) along with Sarica Feng (Artist Educator) on their creation of The Andy Warhol Museum Youth Invasion exhibit and its 5/8 opening.