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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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!

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YES: Hope Academy Teen Theater Company

January 17, 2015 – 5:58 pm
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From 1-17-15: Hope Academy Teen Theater Company students Henry Schultz, Winston Bell, Sam Gardner, Brandon Terry, Mimi Thomas, Faith Williams, Candace Burgess, Emma Smith and Lawrence White (plus teaching artists Michael Chapman and Emma Cox) previewing their 1/19 performance at Kelly Strayhorn Theater for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

YES: The Penn Quartet

January 17, 2015 – 5:54 pm
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The Penn Quartet featuring violinist Hannah Ishizaki (9th grade, Mt. Lebanon High School), violinist Kerry Broker (10th grade, Shady Side Academy), violist Jim Cunningham IV (10th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA) and cellist Kyle Johnson (11th grade, Peters Township High School), all members of Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestras.

YES: Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s Little Mermaid

January 17, 2015 – 4:34 pm
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From 1-17-15: Nick Cortazzo (Baldwin High School), Elena Doyno (Taylor Allderdice High School), Brecken Farrell (Knox High School), Mathew Fedorek (Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center) and Jessica Ortiz (Knox High School) preview the Pittsburgh Musical Theater production of The Little Mermaid.

Pittsburgh King After School: New Years Hopes

January 15, 2015 – 2:10 pm
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It’s hard to believe but we haven’t seen the King After School kids in about a month due to the holiday schedule. Students shared some of their ambitions with us for the new year. Their goals are wide-ranging; everything from trying new sports to learning more about professional wrestling.

Wilkinsburg After School: Radio Show

January 15, 2015 – 11:50 am
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Students have radio talk about the past events on terrorism in Paris and about Sony making a movie about North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un.

Clairton CASTLE 2015: Microphone Building – Part 2

January 14, 2015 – 4:52 pm
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Students at Clairton’s CASTLE after school program finished building their DIY microphones! Then, after sanding off an insulating coating on their makeshift leads, they were able to test their mics by connecting them to a mixer and speaker using alligator clips.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: School Lunch

January 14, 2015 – 1:23 pm
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This week, Radio Club members discussed something that’s usually pretty unpopular – school lunches. In a round table setting, students gave some insight and opinions on the midday meal.

Live Performance: Leslie “Ezra” Smith

January 13, 2015 – 1:44 pm
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From 1-10-15: Actor and spoken word artist Leslie Ezra Smith.

Clairton CASTLE 2015: Microphone Building – Part 1

January 12, 2015 – 1:06 pm

Students at Clairton’s CASTLE program, after learning how they worked, got to build microphones out of household materials! Using just two magnets, a length of copper wire, three washers, a nut, a bolt, a plastic straw and a cup, campers created an amazing piece of technology!

Preview: Steel City Grammers

January 10, 2015 – 1:45 pm

From: 1-10-15: Steel City Grammers take photos of the city of Pittsburgh and post them on Instagram.