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: Capa Cabaret Preview

May 11, 2012 – 5:20 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Sky Visco, Sam Harris, and Aaron Karsh are students at CAPA. With the accompaniment of their instructor Paul Thompson, hear the quartet perform jazz standards as they preview the “CAPA Cabaret”, live on SLB.

YES: Gilda’s Club Teen Writing and Art Contest Winners

April 28, 2012 – 10:40 am
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: The 3rd Annual Gilda’s Club Teen Writing and Art Contest serves as a venue for teens who have personal experiences with cancer to express themselves. We’re pleased to have Zachary Lear, Rama Godse, Anandhini Narayanan, and Anna Dukovich in our studios sharing the pieces they composed, live on SLB.

YES: Sophia Lee of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra

April 21, 2012 – 2:53 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Harpist Sophie Sunha Lee is in 8th grade in the North Allegheny School District and a member of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. We’re please to have her in our studios performing selections on her harp , live on SLB.

YES: Center for Young Musicians Guitarists

April 14, 2012 – 4:58 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Guitarists from The Center for Young Musicians. The Center for Young Musicians develops a community of students with a life-long love of music through a comprehensive, long-term curriculum.

Pittsburgh Musical Theater previews “The Little Mermaid”

April 14, 2012 – 4:25 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices:Cast members of Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s upcoming production of Selections from ‘Little Mermaid,’ join us to preview the performance.

YES: Speak Up! Spoken Word Poets from PPS Langley High

April 7, 2012 – 1:38 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Taylor Moran, 15, Nashore Kelsey, 14, Dionna Allen, 16, Quiniece Pringle, 16, are the Speak Up! Spoken Word Poets at PPS Langley High School. Under the guidance of Jennifer Wright and Alaina Dopico, these young artists create powerful performance pieces. We’re pleased to have them here in our studios, live on SLB.

YES: Pittsburgh Dilworth PreK-5 Musicians

April 7, 2012 – 11:43 am
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Marvin Irish, Aiden, Nathan and Zoe Magely, Edgar O’connell, Desmond Rucker, Selena Williams, and Mike are students in instrumental and vocal music in elementary school at Pittsburgh Dilworth PreK-5. We’re pleased to have them share their work and talent, live on SLB.

YES: Gemini Theater’s “A Fairly Wizardly Adventure”

March 31, 2012 – 4:08 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: The cast members of Gemini Theater’s “A Fairly Wizardly Adventure” preview their production of this unconventional story, live on SLB. Show opens March 31 and runs through April 22, 2012.

YES: Girl Scout Troop 11150 Essays

March 31, 2012 – 3:41 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Maura Webster, Hannah Buerkle, Kaitlyn Eylicio, Breyanne Mycyk and Nadia Mycyk are members of Girl Scout Troop #11150. Here they share stories, essays and experiences of being members of Girl Scouts of America, live on SLB.

Big Brother Tim Ryan and Little Brother Logan

March 24, 2012 – 12:12 pm
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New at Neighborhoodvoices: Meet a “big/little” pair matched by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and learn how you can make a difference in a child’s life. This week, we’re joined by Big Brother Tim Ryan and Little Brother Logan, along with BBBS staff member Cheryl Jones.