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 Expression Showcase: Saltworks Theatre’s Young Actors Ensemble

November 5, 2011 – 4:34 pm
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Joining us, members of the Young Actors Ensemble at Saltworks Theater – a group of teens aged 14-16 years old.

Fairchild Challenge Winners: Moon Area High School

October 29, 2011 – 4:57 pm
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Joining us, members of the winning team from Moon Area High School for this month’s Fairchild Challenge, hosted by Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.

Youth Expression Showcase: Dreams of Hope

October 29, 2011 – 4:44 pm
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Joining us, Ben and Shanai, both young poets from Dreams of Hope, and Vanessa German, mentor and award-winning poet. Dreams of Hope is a creative and performing arts group for queer youth and their allies.

Feature: Pittsburgh Musical Theater previews “Chess”

October 22, 2011 – 1:02 pm
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Joining us, cast members of Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s upcoming production of Chess, a rock opera that uses the game of chess, with all its power plays, manipulations and sacrificial pawns, as metaphor for love and life.

Youth Expression Showcase: Gemini Theater’s ‘Pocahontas’

October 8, 2011 – 1:48 pm
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This week we welcome members of the cast of ‘Pocahontas’ as they preview their production of this classic story.

Youth Expression Showcase: City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival

September 24, 2011 – 1:26 pm
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City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival includes seven performances of new works by middle and high school students, as well as workshops on various aspects of theatre.

Feature: Carnegie Library’s Ralph Munn Writing Contest Winners

August 27, 2011 – 1:13 pm
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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”

August 27, 2011 – 1:05 pm
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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.

Feature: Summer Camps at The Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theater

August 6, 2011 – 10:52 am
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Joining us, participants in the 2011 Pittsburgh CLO Academy’s Summer Camps. These summer performance camps are designed to give kids the opportunity to experience preparing for and performing on the stage. Working with a Director, Music Director and Choreographer, students create their own exciting musical theater experience! More information is available below.

Youth Expression Showcase: South Park Children’s Theatre

July 30, 2011 – 4:41 pm
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Joining us is the cast of South Park Children’s Theatre, performing selections from their latest production, “Roaring, Boring Alice,” a musical written by local playwrite Patricia Merski.