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.

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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.

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

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YES: Center for Young Musicians Pianists

November 9, 2013 – 4:53 pm
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From 11/9/13: Piano selections from Reka Gotz (10, Marshall Elementary), Tony McCann (12, Hampton Middle School) and Heather Raphael (13, Shadyside Academy) along with piano teacher Sonia Tripathi of the Center for Young Musicians

YES: Abbey Dellovade

November 9, 2013 – 4:30 pm
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From 11/9/13: David’s Music House student Abbey Dellovade, a 6th grader from Winchester Thurston Middle School, singing and playing piano along with mentor Heidi Adomshick

ENOUGH Violence

November 2, 2013 – 4:24 pm
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From 11/2/13: Kristin Brown (Women’s Center and Shelter), Kristy Carnahan (Victim Outreach Intervention Center), Natalie Sweet (Society for Contemporary Craft) and author Mike Staresinic on their work to end violence as part of our collaboration with the Society for Contemporary Craft and ENOUGH Violence, running through March 2014

YES: Prime Stage Theatre

November 2, 2013 – 4:04 pm
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From 11/2/13: Prime Stage actors Mike Nicosia and Morissa Trunzo with a preview of the 2013-14 season, including an 11/7 Teen Dating Awareness program and the 11/2 to 11/11 run of Turn of the Screw, both at the New Hazlett Theater

YES: Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra

November 2, 2013 – 3:51 pm
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From 11/2/13: A quartet featuring Devin Moore (14, Chartiers Valley High School, violin), Alex Fleming (16, Bethel Park High School, violin), Jimmy Cunningham (14, CAPA, viola) and Claire Williams (17, Upper St. Clair High School, cello) representing the Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra

Big Sister Emily Caudill and Little Sister Monzerrat

October 26, 2013 – 1:33 pm
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From 10/26/13: Emily Caudill and Monzerrat discussing their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staff member Cheryl Jones

YES: Songela Chen

October 26, 2013 – 1:04 pm
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From 10/26/13:  Pittsburgh Concert Society honoree Songela Chen of North Allegheny Intermediate …

YES: Junior Girl Scout Troop 54284

October 19, 2013 – 2:49 pm
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From 10/19/13: Junior Girl Scouts from Troop 54284 (Woodland Hills) discussing their recent Bronze Award, the highest possible award for the Junior Girl Scout level

YES: Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s “Miss Saigon”

October 19, 2013 – 2:45 pm
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From 10/19/13: Students Alexis Loiselle (Pine Richland), Marion Emanuelson (North Allegheny), Marnie Quick (Pittsburgh Obama), Jessica Ortiz (Butler) and Danny Lawrence (Mt. Lebanon) performing selections from the upcoming Pittsburgh Musical Theater production of Miss Saigon, 10/24 to 10/27

YES: Youth Reporters at the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial

October 12, 2013 – 7:22 pm
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From 10/12/13: Cornell High School students Nathan Lawyer, Rachel Juristy and Amanda McCalsion talking about their interview with Tuskegee Airman Dr. Robert Higginbotham during last month’s dedication of the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial in Sewickley Cemetery