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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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.

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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!

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Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade

Live Music: Renaissance City Choir

November 19, 2022 – 11:05 am
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From 11/19/2022: Live music and conversation with Renaissance City Choir.

Interview: Western Pa. Model Railroad Museum

November 19, 2022 – 7:20 am
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From 11/19/2022: Bill Humphrey with details on the 34th annual Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum holiday show, Gibsonia, now through 1/15/23.

Live Music: Rupert Wates

November 12, 2022 – 11:05 am
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From 11/12/2022: Award-winning songwriter Rupert Wates with an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, jazz, vaudeville and cabaret in preview of his concert at SongSpace at First Unitarian Church, 11/12 (7:30 pm).

Youth Express: Poets Helen, Katherine, Resa & Audrey

November 12, 2022 – 10:05 am
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From 11/12/2022: Helen Zhang (Grade 12, Winchester Thurston), Katherine Odenthal (Grade 10, McKeesport Area High School), Resa Lascek and Audrey Coleman (both Grade 11, Mt Lebanon High School) share poetry as part of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Ralph Munn Creative Writing Competition.

Live Music: May Day Marching Band

November 5, 2022 – 11:05 am
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From 11/5/2022: A performance from the May Day Marching Band

Youth Express: Anna Mares Poetry

November 5, 2022 – 10:35 am
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From 11/05/2022: Anna Mares (Wheaton College, freshman) shares Militant Violins, a poem honored in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest.

Youth Express: Javian and Micha

November 5, 2022 – 10:25 am
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From 11/5/2022: Friends Javian (Pittsburgh CAPA) and Micha (Pittsburgh Sci-Tech) join us to talk about their experience in school through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth Express: Lindsay Liebro, “Wasted Potential”

November 5, 2022 – 10:05 am
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From 11/5/2022: Lindsay Liebro (Belmont University, freshman), an honoree of the Carnegie Library Teen Media Awards, shares her song submission, “Wasted Potential”.

Interview: Penguin Problems in the Galapagos Islands, Bridgette Purdue

November 5, 2022 – 7:20 am

From 11/5/2022: Bridgette Purdue of Alumni Theater Company with details on Penguin Problems in the Galapagos Islands – A Staged Reading featuring actors from Alumni Theater Company and DEMASKUSTheater Collective, 11/7 (6 pm), August Wilson African American Cultural Center.

Youth Express: Writers Elaine, Maddy, Eva & Natalie

October 29, 2022 – 10:35 am
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From 10/29/2022: Elaine Gombos (Grade 12, Shady Side Academy), Maddy Ng (Grade 11, Oakland Catholic), Eva Dubreil (Grade 10, Upper St. Claire High School), and Natalie Shaffer (Grade 10, Deer Lakes High School) share short prose as part of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest.