Friday 10 - 10:30 a.m. (First Friday of the Month)
Conversation and performance with some of our local area's finest musicians and visiting guest artists, broadcast live from WGTE's Dana Performance Studio.
We hear a program from the undergrad and grad winners of the annual Conrad Art Song Competition at Bowling Green State University: soprano Hannah Stroth with pianist Xiaohui Ma, and soprano Savanah Stricklin with pianist Paul Shen. Kevin Bylsma, the 2017 competition administrator, joins us for conversation between musical selections.
We're joined for performance and conversation by the student winners of the Douglas Wayland Chamber Music Competition at Bowling Green State University - the Epsilon Quartet and Pitnix.
Toledo Symphony Timpanist Sally Rochotte brings seven kettledrums to the Dana Performance studio, along with guests Jordan Wirth (TSO Principal Percussion) and Lauraine Carpenter (TSO Principal Trumpet).
Cast members from Toledo Opera's production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro join us in the studio for a preview, with stage director Garnett Bruce.
Pianist Agnes Wan joins us for a program of music by D. Scarlatti, Chopin, and Schubert in our Dana performance studio.
The Tower Brass Quintet makes its annual December pilgrimage to FM 91 for music by Bach & Verne Reynolds, plus a holiday treat and a jazz classic!
Early music ensemble Musica Antigua de Toledo joins us in the studio for a program of Medieval and Renaissance works performed on authentic instruments.
Cast members from Toledo Opera's production of The Barber of Seville (Rossini) offer a preview in our Dana performance studio, along with stage director Bernard Uzan.
Pianists Michael Boyd (University of Toledo) and Ryan Behan (Ohio State University) perform live in our studio and share stories about the legendary arts philanthropist Dorothy Price, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 90.