In this excerpt from Live with C# Cecelia speaks with Conductor and Bassoonist Anthony Parnther who conducts Detroit Opera’s production of Central Park Five. He speaks a bit about how he got started in scoring, why he got involved with Detroit Opera’s production and what he hopes the audience takes away from the production. Listen […]

Dr. Dave speaks with Professor Jeffrey S. Sposato, Chair and Professor of the Department of Music at Wayne State University. He will be doing the Pre-Talk for Fort Street Chorale’s Concert on May 4, 2025. The concert will feature Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass performed by the Chorale as well as the Nardin Park Church Choir […]

Cecelia Sharpe talks with Edward Quick, Director of the Ferndale Community Concert Band. The band celebrates their 10 year anniversary with a concert on March 30, 2025 at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Listen to the interview HERE

Cecelia Sharpe talks with pianist and composer Charlie Albright who performed March 23, 2025 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial presented by ProMusica Detroit. Listen to their talk HERE

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 released her new album Send For Me and performed 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