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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YES: Ariana and Christian Chiu

February 28, 2015 – 2:53 pm

From 2-28-15: 2015 Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Concerto Award Winner Ariana Chiu of Upper St. Clair with selections on piano.

YES: Sonya Hammer

February 28, 2015 – 1:54 pm
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From 2-28-15: Sonya Hammer (13, Shadyside Academy) playing the guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument.

Pittsburgh King After School: Last Day of Summer

February 27, 2015 – 11:58 am
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With the weather being as cold as it’s been, we asked King students to imagine that tomorrow will be a beautiful summer day – for the last time ever. How would they spend one final day of sunshine before Pittsburgh fell into some kind of eternal winter?

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Listening Back

February 26, 2015 – 12:58 pm
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After not having Brashear students for a few weeks due to the bitter cold temperatures, Radio Club members were finally able to listen to their finished alumni interview project. We also discussed some of the advice and takeaways students had following the interview, then mapped out some things students would like to do with audio moving forward. There should be some exciting work to share this spring!

Clairton CASTLE 2015: Round Table Story Telling & “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”

February 25, 2015 – 12:29 pm

Students at Clairton once again braved the frigid conditions and participated in two different round table activities. The fifth graders each took turns telling the same, communal story while the seventh graders discussed what they wanted to be when they grow up.

Wilkinsburg After School: Three Things About Me

February 24, 2015 – 3:45 pm
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Students wrote and recorded three things about them and recorded a quick story about what would they do if they got left at the shopping mall all alone.

Clairton CASTLE 2015: Time Travel

February 23, 2015 – 1:21 pm

Students at Clairton’s CASTLE program had a chance to answer the classic hypothetical: “If you could travel back in time, where would you go?”

Live Music: Eve Goodman

February 21, 2015 – 1:58 pm

From 2-21-15: Singer-songwriter Eve Goodman.

YES: Fairchild Challenge

February 21, 2015 – 1:55 pm

From 2-21-15: Melina Bowser (8th grade, Carson Middle School), Emily Kelly, Allison Squire (8th grade, Shaler Area Middle School) McKenna Robinson, Olivia Lyscik (5th grade, David E. Williams Middle School), Teighan Racicot, and Elsa Tonkinwisee talking about their winning entries in the latest Fairchild Challenge at Phipps.

YES: The Amadeus Quartet

February 21, 2015 – 1:49 pm
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From 2-21-15: The Amadeus Quartet featuring Maggie Caballero (violin, Winchester Thurston, 10th grade), Anna Gorske (violin, Pittsburgh CAPA, 9th Grade), Yosen Wang (viola, North Allegheny, 9th grade), and Christopher Fedor (cello, North Allegheny, 9th grade) The quartet is coached by Katie Wickesberg and affiliated with Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra.