Articles by SLB Radio
Feature: The Hope Academy’s Community Orchestra w/ Organist Bethan Neely
Joining us, Bethan Neely, 16, piano and organ, and Federico Garcia, Music Director, of The Hope Academy’s East Libery Community Engagement Orchestra (EL CEO).
Participation in Hope Academy’s EL CEO is open to young musicians, and their musically-inclined parents, of all ability levels. This season’s orientation for EL CEO is on Saturday, September 10th, 3pm at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. More information is available below.
Three Rivers Arts Festival
Thank you to everyone who connected with The Saturday Light Brigade during this year’s Three Rivers Arts Festival.
SLB’s tent was open Saturdays and Sundays (noon to 5 p.m.) in the Creativity Zone in Point State Park and collected thoughts from children and youth on the role the arts play in their lives.
Paula Purnell & Gerard Rohlf
Paula Purnell and Gerard Rohlf, talented members of Pittsburgh’s traditional folk quartet The NewLanders, perform live in our studios.
Youth Expression Showcase: Marcus Meston
Marcus Meston, 16, is a singer-songwriter from Upper St. Clair High School. Active in several other projects, here he performs his lavish and melodic pop-rock, live on SLB.
Feature: Carnegie Library’s Ralph Munn Writing Contest Winners
Teens Elena Jackendoff and Joanna Weiss, winners of Carnegie Library’s Ralph Munn Creative Writng Contest, join us to share some of their poetry and discuss their experiences. Open to students in grades 9-12 throughout the county, these contests are just one way CLP engages its teen audience. See website below for further detail.
Youth Expression Showcase: Gemini Theater’s “Cinderella”
Gemini Theater produces original, interactive, children’s musicals which focus on artistic, cultural and educational themes. This week we welcome members of the cast of ‘Cinderella’ as they preview their production of this classic story.
From There to Here…
As part of their Spring 2011 Social Studies unit, thirty-one Winchester Thurston School
fifth graders interviewed people who came to the U.S. from other countries. Here are
excerpts from these interviews, and the students’ reflections on this project.
This collaboration between SLB Radio Productions, Inc. and Winchester Thurston School and was funded by the City as Our Campus initiative.
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