Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade
Pittsburgh Musical Theater previews “The Little Mermaid”
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
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.
Live Music: Todd Burge
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Singer-songwriter Todd Burge shares with us songs from two new albums, ‘Character Building’ and ‘Building Characters’, to be released simultaneously on April 23rd. Todd gets some help from his son, Will, and his daughter, Sophia, when performing tracks from ‘Character Building’, his first record aimed specifically towards children and families. Hear the Parkersburg, West Virginia native’s interview and performance, live on SLB.
YES: Pittsburgh Dilworth PreK-5 Musicians
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.
Special Guest: The Ortner-Roberts Duo
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Susanne Ortner and Tom Roberts preview Sunday’s CD release party celebrating the release of “Hot World Chamber Music Swing,” featuring early calypso, tango, gypsy, klezmer, valse musette, classical, harlem stride, and rembetika, among others. Hear the duo’s interview as well as selected cuts from the album, live on SLB.
YES: Gemini Theater’s “A Fairly Wizardly Adventure”
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
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.
Live Music: Christian Wig and Mark Ward
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Christian Wig, proud to be named after his grandfather Christian Christianson, is a published historian, folk music aficionado, and very talented multi-instrumentalist. Hear Christian and Mark Ward performing traditional appalachian music for fiddle and banjo, live on SLB.
Big Brother Tim Ryan and Little Brother Logan
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.
YES: Violinists from Seton Center School of Music and Holy Trinity School
New at Neighborhoodvoices: 27 young violinists from the Seton Center School of Music in Brookline, under the excellent direction of Mr. John Ott, join us to perform highlights from their repetoire, live on SLB.
