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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Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade

YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist, Gracielle Constantine

September 24, 2016 – 11:15 am
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From 09/24/2016: Pianist and Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist honoree, Gracielle Constantine.

Live Music: Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones

September 24, 2016 – 10:45 am

From 09/24/2016: Folk duo Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones with songs on fiddle, guitar, mandolin and banjo in advance of their 9/24 concert with Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers at SongSpace, First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, 9/24.

YES: 2016 WQED WriteOn!

September 24, 2016 – 10:05 am
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From 09/24/2016: WQED WriteOn! competition honorees Raya Merritt (7, Hampton Central Elementary), Elly Strittmatter (10, South Fayette), Isabella Nickola (7, St. Louise de Marillac), Colby Zimmer (8, Bower Hill Elementary), Sarah White (11, Hampton MS), Caraline Sommer (10, Gill Hall Elementary), and Charlize Donaldson (9, Abraham Lincoln Elementary) talk about their writing in advance of Passages & Prose: A Gathering of Authors & Their Books 10/01 (10am – 4pm), Cooper-Siegel Community Library, Fox Chapel.

Interview: [You]nity Zine Release Party

September 24, 2016 – 8:00 am
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From 09/24/2016: Duquesne University Senior, Nijah Glenn Nasiadka, with details on the [YOU]nity Zine Release Party, 9/30 (7 to 10 pm), Irma Freeman Center for Imagination

Live Music: Haygood Paisleys

September 17, 2016 – 12:00 pm
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From 09/17/2016: The Haygood Paisleys with old-time string band music.

YES: Camden Kiggins

September 17, 2016 – 10:35 am

From 09/17/2016: Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Camden Kiggins (13, Quaker Valley) performs original and cover tunes.

Interview: James Edward Mills

September 17, 2016 – 9:05 am
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From 09/17/2016: James Edward Mills Climbing The Hill, featuring free activities including a community dialogue about the importance of getting urban youth outdoors, a neighborhood hike, rock climbing, and screening of on An American Ascent, a documentary about the first African American expedition to tackle Denali.

Live Music: Old Soles and Seedy Players

September 10, 2016 – 12:00 pm
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From 09/10/2016: Members of Old Soles and Seedy Players live with neo-soul psychedelic pop music.

YES: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month

September 10, 2016 – 10:35 am
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From 09/10/2016: Dinasia (14, Arsenal Middle School) and big sister, Alicia, discuss their relationship forged by the Big Brother Big Sister of Greater Pittsburgh: Be a Middle School Mentor program along with BBBS staffer, Malissa.

Interview: Re:NEW Festival

September 10, 2016 – 9:00 am
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From 09/10/2016: Tanja Grass and Susan Swarthout discuss Re:NEW Festival, a celebration of creative reuse, sustainability and transformation at multiple Pittsburgh locations, 9/9 through 10/9.