Every day, 90.9 broadcasts classical music and jazz through well-curated playlists and programs.

Detroit Opera interview

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with Kaneza Schaal, Director of Detroit Opera’s double-bill production “Highways and Valleys” featuring the music of William Grant Still and Kurt Weill. Listen to their talk HERE

Dance Theatre of Harlem interview

Cecelia Sharpe speaks with Executive Director Anna Glass about the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s performance at the Detroit Opera House, November 15 & 16, 2025. Listen to the interview HERE

Sarah Calderini of Ann Arbor Symphony

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s new season opens September 12, 2025. 90.9 WRCJ’s Peter Whorf and orchestra Executive Director Sarah Calderini talk about a few highlights. Listen HERE

Jason Moran interview

Pianist and composer Jason Moran is the Artist-in-Residence for the 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival. Get to know him better in this interview with 90.9 WRCJ’s John Penney. Listen to their talk HERE

Remembering Sheila Jordan

Here is a segment 90.9 WRCJ’s John Penney put together in remembrance of Detroit-born Sheila Jordan who passed away recently at the age of 96. She was a jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, music educator, NEA Jazz Master and pioneered a bebop and scat jazz singing style. Listen HERE

Tatiana Eva-Marie interview

90.9 WRCJ’s Linda Yohn speaks with engaging and entrancing French jazz singer Tatiana Eva-Marie. She performed at the 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival in Hart Plaza! Tatiana also has a new album out, A Whole New World, which covers Disney tunes with fresh “jazz manouche” arrangements. Listen to their talk HERE

Randall Goosby Interview

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

Musical Milestone – Jane Austen 250

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of English Author Jane Austen! Listen to this little feature by 90.9 WRCJ’s Christa Grix for a bit of history. LISTEN HERE

DSO Sosnick Courtyard Series

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Sosnick Courtyard Series runs July 11-20, 2025 in Midtown Detroit. 90.9 WRCJ’s Peter Whorf speaks with DSO cellist and composer Jeremy Crosmer who headlines Wednesday’s opener. LISTEN HERE

Paul Watkins and the GLCMF

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival brings legendary works and new compositions to the metro area every June. WRCJ’s Peter Whorf speaks with Artistic Director and cellist Paul Watkins about concerts this week and next…. LISTEN HERE