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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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

YES: Girl Scouts of Western PA

February 20, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/20/2016: Girl Scouts Katelyn McAfee (10, Wexford), Ella Zimmer (10, Wexford), Sara Worsham (13, Oakmont), and Katherine Stancil (14, Gibsonia) on their experience with Girl Scouts of Western Pa and the Cookie Drive, Feb 26 through March 30.

YES: Alexis Batchelder

February 20, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/20/2016: Alexis Batchelder (12, Lincoln Park Performing Arts School) performing on guitar and voice.

YES: The Middle C Quartet

February 13, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/13/2016: Grace Halloran (16, Park Place), Nick Raczkiewicz (17, Richland), Jacob Worst (15, Moon), and Matilda LaBranche (17, East Liberty) of TRYPO perform selections from Haydn, C W Gluck, and Handel as the Middle C Quartet.

YES: Project Perspective, Pittsburgh Brashear Students in Action

February 6, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/06/2016: Leon Blair (14, Beechview), Savannah Mynahan (17, Morningside), Cameron Brown (16, Beltzhoover), and Carlyle Stokes (17, Brookline) on Project Perspective: Bridging Community and Police Voices developed by Pittsburgh Brashear’s Students in Action.

YES: Big Brother Big Sister of the Month

February 6, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 02/06/2016: Big sister Jamie Swierkos and little sister Talia talk about their relationship as forged by Big Brothers Big Sister of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staffer Kristine Pace.

YES: A Giving Heart with Venture Outdoors

January 30, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/30/2016: Eniyah (11), Chace (10), Sintraz (12), Davia (9), Jahmeer (10), and Nijhea (8) from Grandview Elementary and A Giving Heart’s Afterschool Program on their experiences with Venture Outdoors.

YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, Elizabeth Guo

January 30, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/30/2016: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Competition winner Elizabeth Guo with selections from Mozart on piano.

YES: Fairchild Challenge

January 23, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From: 01/23/2016: Rose Lee (13, Dorseyville Middle School) and Jillian Sullivan (13, Shaler Area Middle School), honorees of the Fairchild Challenge #3 talk about their drawings of local Spring blooms.

YES: Soundwaves Steelband

January 9, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/09/2016: Ben Foster (17) and Daman Singleton (17) of Pittsburgh Obama Academy join with Phil Solomon, Mat Docktor, and Chris Hnat of Soundwaves Steelband, a program of Kelly Strayhorn Theater, to talk about the steelpan, the band, and their performance at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

YES: Sarah Khatami

January 9, 2016 – 12:45 pm
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From 01/09/2016: Singer/Songwriter Sarah Khatami (18, Berklee College of Music) appears on SLB again to perform on voice and ukulele and to talk about her college experience. Listen to her previous episode here.