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: Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS)

June 6, 2015 – 12:34 pm

From 6-6-2015: Ally Byrom (8, Washington Elementary), Elia Gillespie (11, O’Hara Elementary School), Alanna Steals (12, Ellis School), and Alexandria Rushford (12, Ellis School), led by Kitty Julian and Ayonna Ledford, talking about what they learned in a recent empowerment workshop by the Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS).

Interview: Mike Perry and Mike Kennelly of StorySwap

June 6, 2015 – 12:23 pm

From 6-6-2015: Mike Perry and Mike Kennelly of StorySwap with a preview of Mock Old Time Radio Show, 6/13, 7 pm, Murrysville Community Center.

YES: Environmental Charter School “Piece for Peace” Poems

May 30, 2015 – 2:34 pm
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Environmental Charter School 5th graders Anya Frazier, Lucha Batera, Kyra Harris-Hamilton, Molly Figas, Sophie Peters and Corinne Fisher with original poems on the topic “Piece for Peace”.

YES: Maighread and Maeve Southard-Wray

May 30, 2015 – 2:11 pm
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Home-schooled siblings Maighread (14, cello) and Maeve Southard-Wray (12, violin).

YES: Center for Young Musicians

May 30, 2015 – 1:38 pm
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From 5-30-2015: Pianists Manus McGinnis (12, Montessori Children’s Community), Alexandra Spallek (17, Pine Richland High School), Ben Capozzi (11, Providence Heights Alpha School), and Heather Raphael (15, Shadyside Academy) from Center for Young Musicians.

YES: Kyle Hammond & Leda Perdriel-Arons

May 23, 2015 – 3:35 pm
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From 5-23-2015: Original songs from Kyle Hammond and Leda Perdriel-Arons, guitar students of Joel Lindsey

YES: Gwen’s Girls

May 23, 2015 – 3:21 pm
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From 5-23-2015: Youth involved in the golf mentoring partnership between Black Diamonds and First Tee, a program of Gwen’s Girls.

YES: Pittsburgh Music Academy Guitarists

May 23, 2015 – 2:41 pm
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From 5-23-2015: Pittsburgh Music Academy guitarists Sophia Charron (13, Carnegie), Alannah Enfield (9, Woodland Hills), Wyatt Broaded (6, Mt. Lebanon), Shreyo Das (12, Environmental Charter School) and Svetlana Epperson (11, Mt. Lebanon).

Phipps Fairchild Challenge: Shaler & Franklin Regional

May 19, 2015 – 10:38 am
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Franklin Regional Middle School student Sadie Puskar along with Shaler Area Middle Schoolers Michaela Brining, Eddie Sheets, Emily Kelly, & Molly McDonough discussing their award winning entries in the latest Fairchild Challenge, a national program encouraging environmental awareness and action in teens and sponsored locally by Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.

YES: TRYPO’s Arioso Trio

May 19, 2015 – 10:21 am
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From Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra (TRYPO) classical music with the Arioso Trio. Featuring: Kelsey Bares (flute, 10th grade Hampton High School), Michael Brown, (cello, Alderdice) and Caroline Fedor (piano, 11th grade North Allegheny High School)