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.

Oral History

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!

Interviews

Audio replays from the hundreds of arts, human services and other non-profit organizations interviewed by SLB each year.

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Articles in Youth Expression Showcase

YES: PMA Cello Fury Rock Camp

June 29, 2013 – 10:36 am
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From 6/29/13: Cellists from the Cello Fury Rock Camp at Pittsburgh Music Academy in Carnegie

YES: Hip-Hop On L.O.C.K. Presents Ben “DOC” Powell

June 15, 2013 – 4:12 pm
DOC Powell

From 06/15/2013: Hip-Hop On L.O.C.K. is an arts education and mentoring program that employs hip-hop as a tool to educate and empower youth K-12 through leadership development, organizational skills, cooperative economics and knowledge of the music business.\

YES: Center for Young Musicians Violinists

June 15, 2013 – 4:01 pm
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From 06/15/2013: Violinists from The Center for Young Musicians performing live on SLB.

YES: Urban Pathways Charter School Sounds of Steel

June 8, 2013 – 3:33 pm
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From 6/8/13: Sixteen students from Urban Pathways Charter School Sounds of Steel steelpan/steel drum ensemble

YES: Albert Du

June 8, 2013 – 3:15 pm
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From 6/8/13: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artist Competition winner Albert Du with selections on piano

YES: Winners of 2013 Gilda’s Club Teen Writing and Art Contest

June 1, 2013 – 11:36 am
Gilda's Club Teen Writing and Art Winners

From 06/01/2013: The 4th Annual Gilda’s Club Teen Writing and Art Contest serves as a venue for teens who have personal experiences with cancer to express themselves through stories, poetry and art. We’re pleased to have this talented and inspiring group of individuals in our studios, live on SLB.

Gilda’s Club is a warm and welcoming place where men, women, teens, and children diagnosed with cancer, and family and friends, join with others to build social, emotional and informational support as a supplement to medical care.

YES: PYSO String Quartet

May 18, 2013 – 5:18 pm
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From 5/18/13: A string quartet featuring members of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra

YES: Center for Young Musicians Guitarists

May 18, 2013 – 5:08 pm
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From 5/18/13: Guitarists from the Center for Young Musicians

YES: “From Here to There” Participants from Winchester Thurston

May 11, 2013 – 1:55 pm
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From 5/11/13: Participants in From There to Here, a City as Our Campus project in which 23 Winchester Thurston fifth graders interviewed ten people born in other countries that now live in the United States

YES: CAPA House Band

May 11, 2013 – 1:47 pm
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From 5/11/13: The CAPA House Band with jazz in preview of CAPA Caberet, a 5/18 benefit for Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6-12