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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Youth Expression Showcase: Brilliant Bookworms!

October 15, 2011 – 12:32 pm
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Joining us, members of the Brilliant Bookworms club at Winchester Thurston, where students practice and enjoy the act of storytelling.

Youth Expression Showcase: Gemini Theater’s ‘Pocahontas’

October 8, 2011 – 1:48 pm
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This week we welcome members of the cast of ‘Pocahontas’ as they preview their production of this classic story.

Youth Expression Showcase: Maighread and Maeve Southard-Wray

October 1, 2011 – 10:53 am
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Joining us Maighread, 10, Cello, and Maeve, 8, Violin, of East Liberty. Maighred and Maeve are members of the East Liberty Community Engagement Orchestra and both perform piano as well.

Big Sister Aubrey Gennari and Little Sister KiAndra

September 27, 2011 – 3:56 pm
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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.

Youth Expression Showcase: First Row

September 24, 2011 – 1:33 pm
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Joining us, team members and Director and Coach Joy Nix from First Row, a program offered by The Three Rivers Rowing Association.

Youth Expression Showcase: City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival

September 24, 2011 – 1:26 pm
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City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival includes seven performances of new works by middle and high school students, as well as workshops on various aspects of theatre.

Youth Expression Showcase: Students from Pittsburgh Music Academy

September 17, 2011 – 4:13 pm
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Joining us are Cassidy, 7, Melissa, 15, Ana, 10 and Mara, 14, all students at the Pittsburgh Music Academy. Here they share their accomplishments and talents as young classical musicians, live on SLB.

Feature: The Hope Academy’s Community Orchestra w/ Organist Bethan Neely

September 10, 2011 – 12:27 pm
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Joining us, Bethan Neely, 16, piano and organ, and Federico Garcia, Music Director, of The Hope Academy’s East Libery Community Engagement Orchestra (EL CEO).

Participation in Hope Academy’s EL CEO is open to young musicians, and their musically-inclined parents, of all ability levels. This season’s orientation for EL CEO is on Saturday, September 10th, 3pm at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. More information is available below.

Youth Expression Showcase: Marcus Meston

August 27, 2011 – 1:33 pm
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Marcus Meston, 16, is a singer-songwriter from Upper St. Clair High School. Active in several other projects, here he performs his lavish and melodic pop-rock, live on SLB.

Feature: Carnegie Library’s Ralph Munn Writing Contest Winners

August 27, 2011 – 1:13 pm
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Teens Elena Jackendoff and Joanna Weiss, winners of Carnegie Library’s Ralph Munn Creative Writng Contest, join us to share some of their poetry and discuss their experiences. Open to students in grades 9-12 throughout the county, these contests are just one way CLP engages its teen audience. See website below for further detail.