90.9 WRCJ’s Peter Whorf talks with Jader Bignamini and Wynton Marsalis about the new Detroit Symphony Orchestra release of “Blues Symphony”. Listen to the interview HERE

Linda Yohn speaks with jazz vocalist Catherine Russell who is releasing her new album Send For Me and performing at The Cube in Detroit on March 22, 2025. Listen to their talk HERE

Randall Goosby returned to Detroit to play Florence Price with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra January 31 – February 2, 2025. It’s a reunion with 90.9 WRCJ’s Peter Whorf who heard Goosby play the Price Violin Concerto No. 2 in Amsterdam last spring. Listen to the interview HERE

Detroit Opera performed Handel’s Rinaldo February 22 – March 2, 2025 and we were fortunate to have several members of the production stop by for a chat. First up, 90.9 WRCJ’s Haley Taylor talks with Louisa Proske, Director of Rinaldo as well as Roberto Kalb the Opera’s Music Director and Conductor. Listen HERE Next, host […]

Detroit saxophonist, composer and educator Dominic Waddles presents Detroit-made classical music stories from Thomas Wilkins to Lara Downes, Isata Kanneh-Mason to William Eddins.  Waddles is a Wayne State University grad with a focus on Jazz Studies.  In addition to being a gifted instrumentalist, Waddles is a member of the music theory staff at Michigan State […]

Cecelia Sharpe talks with award-winning Detroit trumpeter, composer, and educator Kris Johnson who premieres his work Marlowe’s Wings: Detroit’s Champion of Change at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 Classical Roots concert. Listen to the interview HERE

Assistant Principle Flutist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Sharon Sparrow has a new holiday album called Flutes Joyeux! She stops by our studios before DSO practice to tell us a bit more about it. Listen to the interview HERE

Dave Wagner talks with Christopher Ward, Director of the award winning Five Lakes Silver Band and their tribute to the students of Oxford High School in a special work written to honor those who lost their lives during that tragic day. Listen to the interview HERE

November 21-23, 2024 the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performed Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 5. Joseph Haydn’s 100th Symphony opens the program. DSO Concertmaster Robyn Bollinger joined 90.9 WRCJ’s Peter Whorf to talk about Mahler, Haydn and Beethoven. Listen HERE

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with members of the Akropolis Reed Quintet and composer/pianist Pascal Le Boeuf about their latest album Are we Dreaming the Same Dream? They will perform at the Carr Center in Detroit on October 11 2024. Listen HERE