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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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!

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Articles in Youth Expression Showcase

Youth Express: Heal the Burgh

June 23, 2018 – 10:35 am
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From 06/23/2018: 2018 Pittsburgh CAPA graduate Sundiata Rice (18) shares an original song about social justice entitled Heal the Burgh along with fellow collaborators and Pittsburgh Public Schools students and alumni DaShawn Fitzgerald (19) Joshua Anderson (17) and Leslie Terry (11).

Youth Express: Farina Foundation

June 23, 2018 – 10:05 am
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From 06/23/2018: Youth guitarist Katie Summer (16, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School) discussing her musical enrichment opportunities made possible through the Farina Foundation

Youth Express: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist Winner, Serena Luo

June 16, 2018 – 10:45 am
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From 06/16/2018: 2018 Pittsburgh Concert Society Winner Serena Luo (17, Upper St. Clair) with selections on piano

Youth Express: Lincoln Park Performing Arts “Ragtime”

June 16, 2018 – 10:25 am
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From 06/16/2018: Amanda Gross and Tru Verret-Fleming from Lincoln Park Performing Arts High School previewing Ragtime, 6/15 to 6/17 and 6/22 to 6/24 at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center.

Youth Express: Farina Foundation

June 16, 2018 – 10:05 am
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From 06/16/2018: Allicia Broyard (16, Gateway High School) and Emily Fletcher (12, Woodland Hills Jr./Sr. High) discussing musical enrichment opportunities made possible through the Farina Foundation

Youth Express: ProjectArt Pittsburgh

June 9, 2018 – 10:35 am
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From 06/09/2018: Lily Kuza (6, Phillips Elementary) from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Project Art afterschool program talks about her exhibition running through 6/11 at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

Youth Express: Games for Change

June 2, 2018 – 10:35 am
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From 06/02/2018: Kendall Coddington (13, Highland Middle School) and Kathryn Bodnar (13, Pittsburgh Gifted Center) on the Games for Change Student Challenge

Youth Express: Pittsburgh Scholastic Writing Award Winners

June 2, 2018 – 10:05 am
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From 06/02/2018: Pittsburgh Scholastic Writing Award winner Maya Berardi (11th grade, Avonworth High School)

Youth Express: Sloane Simon

May 26, 2018 – 10:35 am
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From 05/26/2018: Singer-songwriter Sloane Simon (13, Shady Side Academy)

Youth Express: Pittsburgh Scholastic Writing Award Winners

May 26, 2018 – 10:05 am
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From 05/26/2018: Pittsburgh Scholastic Writing Award winners Nicole Shigiltchoff (10th grade, Winchester Thurston) and Roshie Xing (11th grade, North Allegheny) with original written works.