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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Youth Express: Pittsburgh Music Academy

December 21, 2019 – 10:20 am
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From 12/21/2019 – From Pittsburgh Music Academy, pianists Katie Mancos (4, Montessori School for Creative Learning), Elliot Mancos (7, Sewickley Academy), Lila Shah (7, Winchester Thurston), Jayan Shah (9, Winchester Thurston) and Jacob Clougherty (11, Boyce Middle School) with holiday selections on piano under the instruction of Amaury Morales

Youth Express: Venture Outdoors

December 21, 2019 – 10:05 am
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Derrell Mack (17, City Hight) and Dre Mack (11, Sunnyside Academy) discussing their experience with Venture Outdoors

Youth Express: Creative Nonfiction’s Writing the tough stuff

December 14, 2019 – 10:35 am
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From 12/14/2019 – From Creative Nonfiction’s Writing the Tough Stuff program, C.G. Marchl (12th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA), Costello Keene (9th grade, Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School), Julian Rubin (11th grade, Taylor Allderdice HS), Margaret Balich (12th grade, Winchester Thurston), Wendy Moore (10th grade, Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School) and Melia Lenker (12th grade, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School)

Youth Express: Flute Studio Pittsburgh

December 14, 2019 – 10:05 am
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From 12/14/2019 – Phoebe Chen (10th grade, Upper St. Clair), Maria Giarrusso (11th grade, Mt Lebanon), Dabria Dicenso (12th grade, Peters Township) and Alexa Drecnik (graduate, Upper St. Clair) from Flute Studio Pittsburgh along with instructor Julie McGough

Youth Express: South Hills Children’s Choir

December 7, 2019 – 10:35 am
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From 12/07/2019: South Hills Children’s Choir previewing its Holiday Concert, 12/13 (7 pm), St. Paul’s Episocal Church, Mt. Lebanon

Youth Express: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month

December 7, 2019 – 10:05 am
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From 12/07/2018: Yash Puranik and Kalieb Oden (8, Edgewood Elementary) discuss their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh

Youth Express: Creative nonfiction

November 30, 2019 – 10:35 am
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From 11/30/2019 – From The Writing Studio, Jae Volk (12th grade, West Allegheny), Anthony John Wiles, Jr. (10th grade, Sewickley Academy), Ceresa Morsaint (11th grade, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School) and Emy Vila-Kubiak (11th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA)

Youth Express: Handmade Arcade

November 30, 2019 – 10:05 am
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From 11/30/2019 –  Youth makers Jazmiere Bates (13, Provident Charter School), Jesse Sommer (15, Peters Township), Danielle Engstrom (17, Belle Vernon) and Zaire Giles (17, Pittsburgh Obama) previewing Handmade Arcade, 12/6, 12/7, David L. Lawrence Convention Center

In Studio Pop-Up: Christopher Mark Jones

November 30, 2019 – 9:35 am
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From 11/30/2019 – Singer-songwriter Christopher Mark Jones in advance of his 11/30 show at Club Cafe

In Studio Pop-up: CSA Performance Series, Anna Azizzy

November 30, 2019 – 8:35 am
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From 11/30/2019 –  Anna Azizzy with a preview of their solo show The Secret Life of Gym Girls, 12/5 and 12/6, New Hazlett Theater